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Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC 
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD 
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD Regular Modern
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | khjen | C.qʰra[n] | exceed, err |
| Zhengzhang | kʰran | ||
| Unicode | kyɛn |
說文解字
過也。从心衍聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)