箧衍
qiè​yǎn

bamboo box

箧 qiè rattan box Simplified

A bamboo ⺮ box 匚; 夹 provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
匚
匚 Meaning component
fāng, fàng box
夹
夹 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

衍 yǎn overflow

Original meaning: long river

Same origin as 永. Pictograph of a long river with a tributary. The meaning later shifted to "overflow" and "spill over".

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

愆

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyenXN-q(r)anʔ overflow

說文解字

《說文》：“衍，水朝宗于海也。从水，从行。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.796裘錫圭《裘錫圭學術文集》Vol 1, p.382
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

篋 rattan box Traditional

A bamboo ⺮ chest 匧; 匧 also provides the pronunciation

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo
匧
匧 SoundMeaning component
qiè a trunk

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰeːb
Unicodekep

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica