隽
juànJuàn

superior

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approved by Prismcool · Feb 29, 2024, 05:27 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Feb 29, 2024, 05:27 AM

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Original meaning: to shoot and kill wild birds

Simplified form of 雋. Depicts a bow (弓) aiming at a bird (隹). Based on the original meaning "to shoot and kill wild birds". The meaning later shifted to "superior" and "outstanding".

Components

隹
隹 Iconic component
弓
弓 Iconic component

Modern form looks like unrelated 乃.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 弓 than it was in ancient scripts.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzonʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang