jiù​yuàn

grudge

jiù old Simplified

Simplified form of . Derived from the cursive form of the sound component .

Components

jiù mortar

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

yuàn, yuan hatred

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
yuàn, wǎn, wān to turn over when asleep
Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jwonH[ʔ]o[r]-s resentment

說文解字

《說文》:“怨,恚也。从心,夗聲。,古文。”

Sources

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

jiù old Traditional

Original meaning: type of owl

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "type of owl". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

Meaning component
huán owl
Sound component
jiù mortar

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjuwHN-kʷəʔ-s old

說文解字

《說文》:“舊,舊,舊留也。从萑,臼聲。鵂,舊或从鳥,休聲。”

Sources

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