熏
xūn HSK7

smoke

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approved by Prismcool · Aug 25, 2023, 01:16 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Aug 25, 2023, 01:16 AM

Added etymology. Checking with Olsen first for any suggestions.

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Depicts fragrant herbs inside a bag (東) being smoked above fire.

Components

東
東 Iconic component

Depicts a bag.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 東 than it was in ancient scripts.
◎
◎ Iconic component

Depicts fragrant herbs inside a bag.

炎
炎 Iconic component

The bottom component of this character was originally 火. Later it was changed to 炎.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 炎 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjunqʰu[n] smoke (v.); vapor, odor

說文解字

《說文》：“熏，火煙上出也。从屮，从黑。屮黑，熏黑也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)