Chinese Character Wiki

諂

chǎn

flatter

Components
言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

臽 sound component

臽  Sound component

xiàn

  

a pit

Evolution

諂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
諂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
諂 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
諂 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

谄 (諂) 

chǎn

flatter, truckle, toady; to flatter; to cajole

Most common words with 諂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

谄媚

to flatter

谄

to flatter

谄媚者

flatterer

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰromʔ

trhjemX

chǎn

flatter (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4145th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

谄

Unicode

U+8AC2

Shuowen

“讇，諛也。从言，閻聲。諂，讇或省。”


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