Chinese Character Wiki
亙

gèn

extend across, constant

Depicts the moon (月) between the earth and the sky。

Components
月 iconic component

月  Iconic component

yuè

  

moon

二 iconic component

二  Iconic component

èr

  

two

Depicts the earth below and sky above.

Evolution

亙 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
亙 Bronze script Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
亙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
亙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

亙  

gèn

extend across, through; from

亘 (亙) 

gèn

extending all the way across; running all the way through

Most common words with 亙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亘古

throughout time

亘

extending all the way across

亘古不变

unalterable

绵亘

to stretch in an unbroken chain (esp. of mountains)

亘古未有

unprecedented

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

恆

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

恆

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤəŋ-s

kongH

gèn

continuous; constant


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3874th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+4E99

Shuowen

“，竟也。从木，恆聲。，古文。”


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