zhān
felt
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 氈
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
felt (fabric) | ||
lit. as if sitting on pins and needles | ||
felt | ||
felt (fabric) | ||
(on) pins and needles |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*ta[n] | tsyen | zhān | felt (n.) |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3451st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 17 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+6C08 |
Shuowen | “氈,撚毛也。从毛,亶聲。” |
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