quǎn

affectionate

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰonʔ
kʰons

說文解字

繾綣也。从糸卷聲。

Sources

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

quǎn affectionate Simplified

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
juǎn, juàn curl, roll

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode