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Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Pictograph of an owl.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | hwan | ɢʷˤar | a kind of owl |
說文解字
《說文》：“萑，鴟屬。从隹，从，有毛角。所鳴‘其民有旤’。讀若和。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)