稳
wěn HSK4

settled, stable

Simplified form of 穩. Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk

grain

急
急 Simplified component
jí urgent

Shorthand for the phonetic 㥯 component in the traditional character 穩.

Sources

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

穩 wěn settled, stable Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 㥯 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
㥯
㥯 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