龹
juǎn

to roll rice into a ball

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approved by Prismcool · Jun 23, 2024, 05:12 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Jun 23, 2024, 05:12 AM

Changed etymology a bit

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Original meaning: to wash one's hands

Depicts two hands (廾) rolling up rice (米) into a ball. Original form of 摶.

Components

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◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts drops of water.

廾
廾 Iconic component
gǒng two hands
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 廾 than it was in ancient scripts.

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
谷衍奎《汉字源流字典》p.220
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