zān
hairpin
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 朁 represents the sound.
Evolution
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*Cə.tsˤ[ə]m | tsom | zān | hairpin |
*tsr[ə]m | tsrim | zān | hairpin |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
4297th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 18 |
Unicode | U+7C2A |
Shuowen | “兂，首筓也。从人、匕，象簪形。簪，俗兂。从竹，从朁。” |
Sources
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