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温

wēn

lukewarm

Simplified form of 溫. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𥁕 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

𥁕 sound component

𥁕  Sound component

wēn

  

compassionate

Evolution

温 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
温 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
温 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

温 (溫) 

wēn

lukewarm, warm; tepid, mild; warm; lukewarm; temperature; to warm up; mild; soft; tender; to review (a lesson etc); fever (TCM); old variant of 瘟[wēn]

温 (溫) 

Wēn

surname Wen

Most common words with 温
Freq.
Word
Meaning

温暖

warm

温度

temperature

温柔

tender

温

warm

气温

air temperature

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ʔˤun

'won

wēn

warm; gentle


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 36.2486% of movies

1015th most common character in movies

867th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

溫

Unicode

U+6E29

Shuowen

“溫，水。出犍為涪，南入黔水。从水，聲。”


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