Chinese Character Wiki
𥁕

wēn

compassionate

Depicts feeding a prisoner (囚) with a dish (皿).

Components
囚 iconic component

囚  Iconic component

qiú

  

prisoner

皿 iconic component

皿  Iconic component

mǐn

  

dish

Evolution

𥁕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

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

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𥁕 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𥁕  

wēn

compassionate; to feed a prisoner

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (2 verified)

温 溫

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Unicode

U+25055

Shuowen

“，仁也。从皿，以食囚也。官溥說。”


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