xuàn

weep

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
xuán, xuàn black

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷeːn
Unicodehuěn

說文解字

湝流也。从水玄聲。上黨有泫氏縣。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica