wěn HSK4

settled, stable

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk

grain

Simplified component
urgent

Shorthand for the phonetic component in the traditional character .

Sources

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

wěn settled, stable Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk
Sound component
yǐn careful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷɯːnʔ
Unicodequə̌n

說文解字

《說文新附》:“穩,蹂穀聚也。一曰安也。从禾,隱省。古通用安隱。”

Sources

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