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wēn

compassionate

Depicts feeding a prisoner () with a dish ().

Components
囚 iconic component

  Iconic component

qiú

  

prisoner

皿 iconic component

  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

𥁕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𥁕 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
𥁕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𥁕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𥁕  

wēn

compassionate; to feed a prisoner

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)