guǎn

a jade tube used as an instrument

Evolution

琯 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
琯 Clerical script Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Wu (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
Definitions

 

guǎn

a jade tube used as an instrument; mus. instr.; to polish jade or gold

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+742F

Shuowen

“管,如箎,六孔,十二月之音,物開地牙,故謂之管。从竹,官聲。琯,古者玉琯以玉。舜之時,西王母來獻其白琯。前零陵文學姓奚,於伶道舜祠下得笙玉琯。夫以玉作音,故神人以和,鳳皇來儀也。从玉,官聲。”


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