粲 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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càn

polish

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

càn

polish; bright, radiant; smiling; beautiful; bright; splendid; smilingly

Most common words with 粲

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	粲	bright
	粲然	clear and bright

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*[tsʰ]ˤar-s	tshanH	càn	bright and white

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4810th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	13
Unicode	U+7CB2
Shuowen	“粲，稻重一，為粟二十斗、為米十斗曰毇；為米六斗太半斗曰粲。从米，聲。”

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