瓣
bàn HSK7

petal

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Original meaning: melon seeds

Phonosemantic compound. 瓜 represents the meaning and 辡 represents the sound. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

瓜
瓜 Meaning component

melon

辡
辡 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbreːns

說文解字

《說文》:“瓣,瓜中實。从瓜,辡聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica