獻
xiàn HSK5

offer, donate

Original meaning: sacrificial offering

Depicts a dog (犬) in a boiler (鬳) being offered as a sacrifice.

Components

鬳
鬳 SoundIconic component
yàn boiler, earthenware vessel
犬
犬 Iconic component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

讞

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsas-ŋˤar to filter wine
xjonHŋ̊ar-s offer, present

說文解字

《說文》：“獻，宗廟犬名羹獻，犬肥者以獻之。从犬，鬳聲。”

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)

献 xiàn offer, donate Simplified

Original meaning: sacrificial offering

Simplified form of 獻. Depicts a dog (犬) in a boiler (鬳) being offered as a sacrifice.

Components

南
南 Simplified component
nán south

Shorthand for the 鬳 component in the traditional character 獻 depicting a boiler.

犬
犬 Iconic component
quǎn dog

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

谳

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode