qióng

round

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
目 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

eye

袁 sound component

  Sound component

yuán

  

robe

Evolution

睘 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
睘 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
睘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

qióng

round; stare; variant of [qióng]

Component uses

Meaning component in 3 characters (0 verified)

Sound component in 12 characters (3 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷˤ<r>en

hwaen

huán

turn around, return


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

9213th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+7758

Shuowen

“瞏,目驚視也。从目,袁聲。《詩》曰:‘獨行瞏瞏。’”


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