雚
guàn

heron

Phonosemantic compound. 雈 represents the meaning and 吅 represents the sound.

Components

雈
雈 SoundMeaning component
huán owl
吅
吅 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

Component uses

Sound (9 of 15 verified)

灌罐鹳獾颧觀驩讙顴𬤰權𬴐懽勸歡

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)