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cheer

HSK 10
huān
カン、ケン
かまびす.しい
환, 훤
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound.
Components
say+ small =
cheer
Meaning component
yán say
words, speech
Phonetic component
guàn small
a heron
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Notes
Historical Evolution
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Regular
Modern
Example Sentences