翫
wán

careless

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玩

Phonosemantic compount. 習 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.

Components

習
習 Meaning component
元
元 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngwanH[ŋ]ˤo[n]-s familiar with

說文解字

《說文》：“翫，習猒也。从習，元聲。”

Sources

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