Dong Chinese dictionary

luán

tie together

Phonosemantic compound. Two threads (糸 + 糸) represent the meaning and 言 represents the sound.

Components

絲 Meaning component

sī

silk, threads

言 Sound component

yán

speech

䜌 and 言 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.䜌 /*mə.rˤo[n]/
言 /*ŋa[n]/, /*ŋa[n]/, /*ŋa[n]/, /*ŋa[r]/

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

䜌

luán

(ancient form) chaos; distraction; confusion, confused, continuous; uninterrupted; to tie together, to manage

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

鸞

Sound component in 12 characters (4 verified)

变變戀彎蠻攣巒鑾孿欒臠孌

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

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