kuān
broad
Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 苋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 寬.
Components
Evolution
![宽 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC) 宽 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%AF%AC_0.png)
Bronze script
Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)![宽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 宽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%AF%AC_2.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![宽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 宽 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%AF%AC_5.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernComponent uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sources