龹
juǎn

to roll rice into a ball

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approved by Prismcool · Oct 1, 2023, 10:19 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Oct 1, 2023, 10:19 PM

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Original meaning: to wash one's hands

龹 is a component form of 𢍏. Depicts hands (廾) being washed in water. Based on the original meaning "to wash one's hands", now written as 盥. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎
◎ 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
吴海生《說「𢍏」及相關字》
Readings & variants
Unicode