huán
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 surname Huan
  2. 2 (old) a wooden post marking a postal station or grave

Examples

Qí Huángōng shì Chūnqiū shíqī dìyī wèi bàzhǔ.
Duke Huan of Qi was the first hegemon of the Spring and Autumn period.
Huán Wēn shì Dōngjìn quánshì xiǎnhè de jiànglǐng.
Huan Wen was a powerful general of the Eastern Jin dynasty.

Tips

culture
Most familiar from posthumous titles like 齐桓公 (齐桓公, Duke Huan of Qi). Originally named the tall wooden marker posts set up at post stations and tombs, which is why it carries the wood radical.

Components

radical
wood; tree
is the wood radical (left-side form). The character originally named a wooden marker post, so the wood radical fixes the material sense even though today it is mostly a surname.
phonetic
gèn
extend through; phonetic
supplies the sound; the reading drifted to huán. It contributes pronunciation only and no meaning here.

Stroke Order

huán