guàn

heron

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approved by Hsmq · Mar 22, 2026, 04:27 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Mar 22, 2026, 06:26 PM

I see.. then I'll just fix it to be centered

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundMeaning component
huán owl
Sound component
xuān, sòng noise

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwanHC.qʷˤar-s heron

說文解字

《說文》:“雚,小爵也。从萑,吅聲。《詩》曰:‘雚鳴于垤。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica