Dong Chinese dictionary

huàn

be numerous

Original meaning:

take from someone's house

Depicts two hands (廾) taking something from a person's (人) house (穴). Based on the original meaning "take from someone's house". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

人 Iconic component

rén

person

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

穴 Iconic component

xué

cave

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

廾 Iconic component

gǒng

two hands

Modern form looks like unrelated 大.

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

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

奂 (奐)

huàn

be numerous, brilliant; excellent

奂 (奐)

Huàn

surname Huan

Most common words with 奐

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	美轮美奂	(of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)
	奂	surname Huan

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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