xuǎn

majestic

Evolution

咺 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
咺 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Definitions

 

xuǎn

majestic; glorious; sob; weep

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʷʰarʔ

xjwonX

xuǎn

brilliant, illustrious


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+54BA

Shuowen

“咺,朝鮮謂兒泣不止曰咺。从口,宣省聲。”


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