xuān

forget

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
yuán pull, draw, lead on

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

forget Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjwonqʷʰa[r]forget
Zhengzhangqʰʷan
qʰʷanʔ

說文解字

詐也。从言爰聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica