倦

juàn
#2,324 most
frequent character
tired

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

倦 juàn joins 亻 person with 卷 juǎn as the sound part. The person part fits its first sense, 'exhausted.' That grew into the more everyday 'weary' or 'tired.'

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Same Characters, Different Readings

倦juàn
old variant of 倦[juan4]

Homophones

卷juàn
volume, file
圈juàn
livestock enclosure, pen, fold

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