huán

noose

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

thread

睘 sound component

  Sound component

qióng

  

round

Evolution

繯 Bronze script Warring States (475-221 BC)

Bronze script

Warring States (475-221 BC)
繯 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
繯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
繯 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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huán

noose; hang death; tie, bind; to bind; to tie; lace; noose (for suicide); hangman's noose