軒 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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xuān

carriage

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

車 Meaning component

chē, jū

vehicle

干 Sound component

gān, gàn

interfere

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

xuān

carriage; high; wide; balcony; surname of the Yellow Emperor; pavilion with a view; tall; high fronted, curtained carriage (old)

Xuān

surname Xuan

Most common words with 軒

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	轩	high
	轩然大波	huge waves
	轩辕	Xuan Yuan, personal name of Huangdi, the Yellow Emperor 黃帝\|黄帝[Huángdì]
	轩尼诗	Hennessy (cognac)
	气宇轩昂	impressive appearance

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qʰa[r]	xjon	xuān	nobleman's carriage

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

2389th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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