韩
hán

Korea

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approved by cochleoid · Jun 1, 2022, 08:50 PM · Reviewed by cochleoid on Jun 1, 2022, 08:50 PM

Realized there was a checkbox for modern components that look different than the original character.

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Original meaning: fence surrounding a well

Phonosemantic compound. 韦 represents the meaning and 倝 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "fence surrounding a well". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

倝
倝 Sound component
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 倝 than it was in ancient scripts.
韦
韦 Meaning component
Change in meaning
韦 hints at the original meaning of 韩, "fence surrounding a well", which is no longer the most common meaning of 韩 in modern Mandarin.

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

井垣也。从韋,取其帀也。幹聲。又國名。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode