xiān

Ormazda

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
礻 meaning component

  Meaning component

shì

  

show

天 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

tiān

  

sky

Evolution

祆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
祆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiān

Ormazda, god of the Zoroastrians; extended to god of the Manicheans

 

Xiān

Ormazda, the Sun God of the Zoroastrians and Manicheans; the Sun God

Most common words with 祆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

the Sun God

祆教

Zoroastrianism