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wēn

warm

Depicts a person () taking a bath in a tub () of warm water, now written as .

Components
◎ iconic component

  Iconic component

  

characterless component

Depicts drops of water.

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

皿 iconic component

  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Used here to depict a bathtub.

Evolution

𥁕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𥁕 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
𥁕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𥁕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𥁕  

wēn

compassionate; to feed a prisoner; warm

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.419