宦 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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huàn

officialdom

A minister 臣 in a statehouse 宀

Components

宀 Meaning component

mián

roof

臣 Meaning component

chén

minister

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

huàn

officialdom, government official; imperial official; court eunuch

Huàn

surname Huan

Most common words with 宦

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	宦官	court eunuch
	官宦	functionary
	宦	court eunuch
	宦海	officialdom
	仕宦	(literary) to serve as an official

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*m-kʷˤ<r>a[n]-s	hwaenH	huàn	servant

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2976th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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