幵
jiān, qiān
hairpin
Depicts a hairpin. Ancient form of 笄.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[k]ˤe[r] | ken | qiān | even, level (Shuōwén) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 6 |
Unicode | U+5E75 |
Shuowen | “幵，平也。象二干對構，上平也。” |
Sources
李学勤《字源》p.1237-1238
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