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juàn

to roll rice into ball

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approved by Prismcool · Oct 1, 2023, 10:21 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Oct 1, 2023, 10:21 PM

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Original meaning: to wash one's hands

Depicts two hands (廾) rolling up rice (米) into a ball.

Components

米
米 Iconic component

Modern form looks like unrelated 釆.

廾
廾 Iconic component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“，摶飯也。从廾，釆聲。釆，古文辦字。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)