懂中文 Dong Chinese

准

zhǔn

to allow

Original meaning: 

water-level

Simplified form of 準. Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 隼 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "water-level", a tool to check the flatness of surfaces. The meaning later shifted to "accurate", "rule", and "approve".

Components
冫 simplified component

冫  Simplified component

bīng

  

ice

Shorthand for the 氵 (water) component in the traditional character 準.

隹 simplified component

隹  Simplified component

zhuī

  

bird

Shorthand for the 隼 (sǔn) component in the traditional character 準.

Evolution

准 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

准  

zhǔn

to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of

准 (準) 

zhǔn

rule, guideline, standard; accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-

Most common words with 准
Freq.
Word
Meaning

准备

preparation

标准

norm

准

accurate

批准

to approve

准确

accurate