zhuān

spinning wheel

Pictograph of a spinning wheel or spindle.

Evolution

叀 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
叀 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

zhuān

spinning wheel; reel

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 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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