huānguàn

happy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwanqʷʰˤar rejoice; joyous

說文解字

《說文》:“懽,喜也。从心,雚聲。《爾雅》曰:‘懽懽愮愮,憂無告也。’”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica