xuān

a ornamental piece of jade several inches across with a hole in the center

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
xuān declare, announce

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰʷan

說文解字

璧六寸也。从玉宣聲。

Sources

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