huàn

be numerous

Original meaning: 

take from someone's house

Depicts two hands () taking something from a person's () house (). Based on the original meaning "take from someone's house". The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components
人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

穴 iconic component

  Iconic component

xué

  

cave

廾 iconic component

  Iconic component

gǒng

  

two hands

Modern form looks like unrelated .

Evolution

奐 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
奐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
奐 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
奐 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
奐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

huàn

be numerous, brilliant; excellent

() 

Huàn

surname Huan

Most common words with 奐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

美轮美奂

(of houses, scenery etc) magnificent (idiom)

surname Huan

Component uses

Sound component in 5 characters (1 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3774th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Simplified

Unicode

U+5950

Shuowen

“奐,取奐也,一曰大也。从廾,敻省。”


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