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肙

yuàn, yuān

to be satiated

Depicts a mouth (口) eating a piece of meat (⺼) to be full. Original form of 䬼.

Components
口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

⺼ iconic component

⺼  Iconic component

ròu

  

meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

Evolution

肙 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
肙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
肙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

肙  

yuàn

a small worm; to twist; to surround; empty

Component uses

Sound component in 10 characters (1 verified)

䬼 捐 絹 绢 娟 鵑 鹃 涓 狷 蜎

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

䬼

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʷˤen

'wen

yuān

small worm (Shuōwén)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

8461st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+8099

Shuowen

“肙，小蟲也。从肉，口聲。一曰空也。”


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