Chinese Character Wiki

筦

guǎn

a key

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 完 represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

完 sound component

完  Sound component

wán

  

complete

Evolution

筦 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
筦 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
筦 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
筦 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
筦 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

筦  

guǎn

a key; to be in charge; a pipe

筦  

Guǎn

surname Guan

管 (筦) 

guǎn

variant of 管[guǎn]

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤo[n]ʔ

kwanX

guǎn

tube; flute


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7428th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+7B66

Shuowen

“筦，筟也。从竹，完聲。”


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