煥
huàn

shining

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 奐 represents the sound.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
奐
奐 Sound component
be numerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːns
Unicodexuɑ̀n

說文解字

火光也。从火奐聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

焕 huàn shining Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 火 represents the meaning and 奂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 煥.

Components

火
火 Meaning component
huǒ fire
奂
奂 Sound component
huàn be numerous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode