𣦼

cán

damaged

Depicts a hand () holding a broken bone (). Original form of .

Components
歺 iconic component

  Iconic component

ècāndǎi

  

bone remnants

Depicts a broken bone.

又 iconic component

  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

𣦼 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
𣦼 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
𣦼 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
𣦼 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

𣦼  

cán

damage; dilapidated

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+239BC

Shuowen

“,殘穿也。从又,从歺。讀若殘。”
Sources

李学勤《字源》p.345



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