wán
careless
Phonosemantic compount. 習 represents the meaning and 元 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 翫
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
to play | ||
to joke | ||
to play a joke | ||
player (of a game) | ||
amusing |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[ŋ]ˤo[n]-s | ngwanH | wàn | familiar with |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 88.8195% of movies
271st most common character in movies
1072nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 15 |
Unicode | U+7FEB |
Shuowen | “翫，習猒也。从習，元聲。” |
Sources
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