niǎn

a hand-cart

Simplified form of . Depicts two people () pulling a chariot () together.

Components
夫 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

man

夫 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

man

车 iconic component

  Iconic component

chē

  

vehicle

Evolution

辇 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
辇 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
辇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
辇 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
辇 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
辇 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

niǎn

a hand-cart; to transport by carriage; handcart; emperor's carriage

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5044th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Traditional

Unicode

U+8F87


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