xún

an ancient feudal State in Shaanxi

Components

Sound component
xún ten-day period
Meaning component
hill, place

place

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷreːn
sqʰʷin

說文解字

周武王子所封國,在晉地。从邑旬聲。讀若泓。

Sources

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