huàn

to put on

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
Sound component
qióng round

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwaenH[ɢ]ʷˤren-s put on clothing

說文解字

《說文》:“擐,貫也。从手,睘聲。《春秋傳》曰:‘擐甲執兵。’”

Sources

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