wǎn

the virtue of a gentleman

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
wǎn, yuān, yǔn winding

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːns
qonʔ
Unicodeqiuæ̌n

說文解字

圭有琬者。从玉宛聲。

Sources

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