Chinese

碗

wǎn
bowl (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 m c h; 塊／块 mn)
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 2
  • radical 石
  • 13 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qoːnʔ): semantic 石 (“stone”) + phonetic 宛 (OC *qon, *qonʔ).

From 甌 (OC *qoː, “bowl”) + -n (“nominalizing suffix”) (Schuessler, 2007).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

  • meaningChinese石 “stone; rock (Classifier: 嚿 c; 塊／块 c)”
  • soundChinese宛 “as if; seem”
    • meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
    • soundChinese夗 “to turn over when asleep”

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