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chuāngmàn

curtain

chuāng window

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 囱 represents the sound.

Components

穴 Meaning component

xué, jué cave

A window is a "hole" in the wall.

囱 Sound Meaning component

cōng chimney

Character Evolution

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsrhaewng	s-l̥ˤ<r>oŋ	window

說文解字

《說文》：“囱，在牆曰牖，在屋曰囱。象形。窗，或从穴，，古文。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

màn curtain

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 曼 represents the sound.

Components

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

曼 Sound component

màn long

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	manH	mˤa[n]-s	curtain, tent
Zhengzhang		moːns
Unicode	mɑ̀n

說文解字

幕也。从巾曼聲。

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

窗 chuāng window

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幔 màn curtain

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chuāng window

màn curtain