祆
xiān

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Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 天 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show
天
天 Sound component
tiān, tian sky

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰliːn

說文解字

《說文新附》:“祆,胡神也。从示,天聲。”

Sources

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