Translingual

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲) : semantic 雈 ‎(“owl”) + phonetic 旧.

Originally referred to a type of owl; later borrowed for a homophonous word meaning "old." The upper portion frequently appears as 萑.

Han character

𦾔 (radical 140 艸+13, 17 strokes, composition ⿱萑旧)

Descendants

• 旧

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 1062, character 44
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3303, character 5
• Unihan data for U+26F94

Chinese