𢍏

juàn

to roll rice into ball

Depicts two hands () rolling up rice () into a ball. The component was later reanalyzed as phonetic component .

Components
釆 sound component

  Sound component

biàn

  

distinguish

Originally (rice).

廾 iconic component

  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Evolution

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

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𢍏 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𢍏  

juàn

to roll rice into ball

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Unknown component in 1 character (1 verified)

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+2234F

Shuowen

“,摶飯也。从廾,釆聲。釆,古文辦字。”


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