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㫃

yǎn

flags flying

Depicts a flag on a flagpole flying in the wind.

Evolution

㫃 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
㫃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

㫃  

yǎn

flags flying, long bands or ribbons attached to flags, streamers, etc. (ancient form of 偃) to cease; to desist from

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (3 verified)

施 旗 旃

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

倝 𠦝

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

族 旅 斿

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

𠦝

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qarʔ

'jonX

yǎn

fluttering streamer


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+3AC3

Shuowen

“，旌旗之游，蹇之皃。从中曲而下，垂。相出入也。讀若偃。古人名字子游。，古文字象形，及象旌旗之游。”


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