焉

Glyph origin
Possibly ― a kind of bird.

Etymology

 * “in it; on it; here”
 * From +, an element equivalent to  .  identifies this latter element as , with d canonicalized to n in coda. Compare.


 * “where; how”
 * Probably a variant of.

Definitions

 * 1)  a kind of yellow bird, found around the Yangtze and Huai Rivers
 * 2)  in it; on it; to it; from it; by it; than it; here

Definitions

 * 1)   how? why? where? when?
 * 2)  thereupon; therefore; then
 * 1)  thereupon; therefore; then

Kanji

 * 1) how? why? where?
 * 2) this, here