懂中文 Dong Chinese

垣

yuán

low wall

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亘 represents the sound.

Components
土 meaning component

土  Meaning component

tǔ

  

earth

亘 sound component

亘  Sound component

gèn, xuān

  

turn around, turn back

Evolution

垣 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
垣 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垣 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
垣 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

垣  

yuán

low wall; wall

Most common words with 垣
Freq.
Word
Meaning

垣

wall

残垣断壁

crumbling fences and dilapidated walls (idiom)

城垣

city wall

长垣

Changyuan county in Xinxiang 新鄉|新乡[Xīn​xiāng], Henan

墙垣

wall