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玷

diàn

flaw in gem

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components
王 meaning component

王  Meaning component

wáng, wàng

  

king

占 sound component

占  Sound component

zhàn, zhān

  

divine

Evolution

玷 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
玷 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

玷  

diàn

flaw in gem; flaw in character; blemish; disgrace; flaw in jade

Most common words with 玷
Freq.
Word
Meaning

玷污

to stain

玷

blemish

玷辱

to dishonor

瑕玷

blemish

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤemʔ

temX

diàn

black spot

*tˤemʔ-s

temH

diàn

black spot, flaw


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 2.1464% of movies

3025th most common character in movies

4069th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+73B7


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