xuàn
variegated
Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 旬 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*qʷʰˤi[n]-s | xwenH | xuàn | ornate, decorated |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3711th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+7D62 |
Shuowen | “絢,《詩》云:‘素以為絢兮。’从糸,旬聲。” |
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