爨
cuàn

oven

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graphical breakdown of iconic parts

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Components

林
林 IconicUnknown component
廾
廾 IconicUnknown component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.
火
火 Iconic component

fire

冖
冖 Iconic component
𦥑
𦥑 Iconic component
鬲
鬲 MeaningRemnant component

Character Evolution

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 Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰoːn
sʰoːns

說文解字

《說文》：“爨，齊謂之炊爨。，象持甑；冂，為竈門口；廾，推林內火。，籀文，爨省。”

Sources

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