kuǎn
item, funds
Original meaning:
desire to have something
Phonosemantic compound. 柰 represents the sound and 欠 represents the meaning. Based on the original meaning "desire to have something". The meaning later shifted to "funds" and "item".
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 款
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
section | ||
a loan | ||
clause (of contract or law) | ||
bank savings | ||
to donate money |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
HSK level 5
Appears in 27.6950% of movies
1176th most common character in movies
807th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Unicode | U+6B3E |
Shuowen | “,意有所欲也。从欠,祟欠省。歀,或从柰。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.768
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