Dong Chinese dictionary

biàn

change

Phonosemantic compound. 夂 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

luán

tie together

變 and 䜌 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.變 /*pro[n]-s/
䜌 /*mə.rˤo[n]/

攵 Meaning component

pū

tap

Evolution

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

变 (變)

biàn

change, transform, alter; rebel; to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion

Most common words with 變

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	变	to change
	改变	to change
	变成	to change into
	变化	change
	变得	to become

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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