zhān

felt

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
毛 meaning component

  Meaning component

máo

  

hair

占 sound component

  Sound component

zhànzhān

  

divine

Evolution

毡 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
毡 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
毡 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
毡 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
毡 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

zhān

felt; rug, carpet; felt (fabric)

() 

zhān

variant of |[zhān]

Most common words with 毡
Freq.
Word
Meaning

felt (fabric)

如坐针毡

lit. as if sitting on pins and needles

毛毡

felt

毡子

felt (fabric)

针毡

(on) pins and needles

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3451st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+6BE1


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