㫃 - Dong Chinese dictionary

yǎn

flags flying

Depicts a flag on a flagpole flying in the wind.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yǎn

flags flying, long bands or ribbons attached to flags, streamers, etc. (ancient form of 偃) to cease; to desist from

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*qarʔ	'jonX	yǎn	fluttering streamer

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes	6
Unicode	U+3AC3
Shuowen	“，旌旗之游，蹇之皃。从中曲而下，垂。相出入也。讀若偃。古人名字子游。，古文字象形，及象旌旗之游。”

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