Chou Collection, Lower Volume
Radical: Big (dà)
Page 251, Entry 09
Pronounced huan (falling tone). Meaning big. Also refers to a leisurely and contented appearance. Book of Odes (Shijing): Wander at your leisure. Also refers to a bright and magnificent literary style. Book of Rites (Liji): How beautiful and magnificent it is. It is also a surname. During the Yongle reign of the Ming dynasty, there was a scholar named Huan Zhong, and during the Jingtai reign, there was a magistrate named Huan Jin. The original character is written as a variant form. The character structure is composed of the radical for two hands (gǒng) and the abbreviated portion of the character for distant (xiù), which also indicates the sound.