huán, yuán
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Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ɢʷ<r>en | hjwen | yuán | round |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5244th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+571C |
Shuowen | “圜,天體也。从囗,睘聲。” |
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