惯犯
guàn​fàn

recidivist

惯 guàn habit Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 贯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 慣.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

贯
贯 Sound component
guàn a string of 1000 coins

Sources

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

犯 fàn commit crime

Phonosemantic compound. 犭 represents the meaning and 𢎘 represents the sound.

Components

犭
犭 Meaning component
quǎn dog

犭 is a component form of 犬.

𢎘
𢎘 Sound component
hàn flower bud
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𢎘 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbomʔ
Unicodebhiæ̌m

說文解字

《說文》：“犯，侵也。从犬，巳聲。”

Sources

Character origin
教育部異體字字典
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

慣 guàn habit Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 貫 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

貫
貫 Sound component
guàn a string of 1000 coins

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwaenHkˤro[n]-s accustomed to

Sources

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