guàn

pierce through

Variant of . Depicts a string being pierced through a shell (), similar to .

Evolution

毌 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
毌 Bronze script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Bronze script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
毌 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
毌 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

guàn

old form of ; component in ,,, etc.; not to be confused with ; archaic variant of |[guàn]

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+6BCC

Shuowen

“毌,穿物持之也。从一橫貫,象寶貨之形。讀若冠。”


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