guàn

libation

Evolution

祼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
祼 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
祼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

guàn

libation; pour out libation

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤor(ʔ)-s

kwanH

guàn

pour out libation


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7219th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+797C

Shuowen

“祼,灌祭也。从示,果聲。”


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