xuán​chuǎi

speculate

xuán hang Simplified

Components

SoundIconic component
xiàn county

Pictograph of a severed head () hanging on a rope () from a tree ().

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

chuāi put things under clothes

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsrhjweXs-tʰ<r>orʔto measure; to estimate
Zhengzhangtoːlʔ
sʰrolʔ

說文解字

量也。从手耑聲。度高曰揣。一曰捶之。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xuán hang Traditional

Components

SoundIconic component
xiàn county

Pictograph of a severed head () hanging on a rope () from a tree ().

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwenN-kʷˤe[n] (error in B&S 2014, should be *Cə.[g]ʷˤe[n] to account for Mǐn)suspend

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica