Dong Chinese dictionary

yún

equal

Simplified form of 勻. Phonosemantic compound. 云 represents the sound and 吕 represents the meaning.

Components

云 Sound component

yún

clouds

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 云 than it was in ancient scripts.

吕 Meaning component

lǚ

pitchpipe

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 吕 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

yún

equal, impartially, uniform, even; even; well-distributed; uniform; to distribute evenly; to share

Most common words with 匀

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.714-715