zhuān
spinning wheel
Pictograph of a spinning wheel or spindle.
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)
Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ɢʷˤ[i]j-s | hwejH | huì | (copula) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+53C0 |
Shuowen | “叀,專小謹也。从幺省;屮,財見也;屮亦聲。,古文叀。,亦古文叀。” |
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