xiànqiàn

like

Evolution

俔 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
俔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
俔 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
俔 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

() 

qiàn

like; (old) like; as

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*N-[k]ˤenʔ

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xiàn

to be like


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

Unicode

U+4FD4

Shuowen

“俔,譬諭也。一曰閒見。从人,从見。《詩》曰:‘俔天也妹。’”


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