Dong Chinese dictionary

biàn

change

Simplified form of 變. Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

luán

tie together

变 and 䜌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

yòu

(hand), again

Shorthand for the 夂 component in the traditional character 變. 夂 is a component form of 止.

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Traditional script

Modern

Simplified script

Modern

Definitions

biàn

change, transform, alter; rebel; to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion

Most common words with 变

Sources