Chinese Character Wiki

愆

qiān

a fault

Components
衍 sound component

衍  Sound component

yǎn

  

overflow

心 meaning component

心  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

heart

Evolution

愆 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
愆 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
愆 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
愆 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

愆  

qiān

a fault, mistake, error, transgression; fault; transgression

愆 (諐) 

qiān

old variant of 愆[qiān]

Most common words with 愆
Freq.
Word
Meaning

愆

fault

罪愆

sin

愆期

(formal) to delay

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*C.qʰra[n]

khjen

qiān

exceed, err


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5208th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+6106

Shuowen

“愆，過也。从心，衍聲。，或从寒省。，籀文。”


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