xuàn

scabbard

Evolution

鞙 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
鞙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

xuàn

scabbard; traces, reins; fine

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[ɢ]ʷˤenʔ

hwenX

xuàn

pure (of jade)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+9799

Shuowen

“鞙,大車縛軛靼。从革,肙聲。”


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