xù​nuǎn

warm

xù, xiū kind

A warm  fire  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
xù, xiǒng warm
Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰoʔ
qʰos

說文解字

烝也。一曰赤皃。一曰溫潤也。从火昫聲。

Sources

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

nuǎn warm

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
yuán pull, draw, lead on

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnoːnʔ
Unicodenuɑ̌n

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang