huàn
suffer
Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 串 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
huàn
suffer, worry about; suffering; to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry
Most common words with 患
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
patient | ||
trouble | ||
hidden damage | ||
to suffer from | ||
to fall ill |
Component uses
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤro[n]-s | hwaenH | huàn | calamity; distress |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 15.9699% of movies
1676th most common character in movies
1249th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 11 |
Unicode | U+60A3 |
Shuowen | “患，憂也。从心，上貫吅，吅亦聲。，古文从關省。，亦古文患。” |
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