huānguàn

happy

← Back to history
approved by Peter Olson · Feb 4, 2021, 05:36 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Feb 4, 2021, 05:36 PM

add components

Changed fields: hint, isVerified, components

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
Sound component

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