Character Contained In References Comments
 Simplified  Traditional  Ancient forms  Archaic forms
   traditional form

Variants

Phonetic

Semantic

Apparent
   敻  人 穴 廾  ⿳⺈⿵冂八大
Mandarin
huan4
English
Definitions
excellent; surname; be numerous; brilliant
Mnemonic
A person 人 outside a cave 穴 (probably originally hearth – compare 商) who holds something up with his hands 廾
Etymology
Notes
Long 敻 is considered an abbreviated phonetic for this character but this seems unlikely considering the early pronunciations were quite different; likely this character had two meanings: to exchange (compare 換) and brilliant (see 煥)