Chinese

暖

nuǎn
warm; toasty
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 日
  • 13 strokes
  • 煖
  • 煗

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *noːnʔ): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 爰 (OC *ɢʷan). Later also used as a variant of 煖／暖 which is used as another word with different pronunciation.

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese日 “Sun”
  • soundChinese爰 “therefore; consequently”
    • ideaChinese爪 “claw (of animal, bird); talon; paw; nail”
    • ideaChinese丨 “To connect vertically; to pass through from top to bottom.”
    • ideaChinese又 “again; once more”

Words built on it: 暖和

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