Chinese Character Wiki
雈

huán

owl

Pictograph of an owl.

Components
◎ iconic component

◎  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts the head of an owl.

隹 iconic component

隹  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

Evolution

雈 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
雈 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雈 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

雈  

huán

type of owl

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

舊 雚

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

雚

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

蒦

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ɢʷˤar

hwan

huán

a kind of owl


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+96C8

Shuowen

“萑，鴟屬。从隹，从，有毛角。所鳴‘其民有旤’。讀若和。”


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