擅
shàn HSK7

monopolize

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

亶
亶 Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyenH[d]a[n]-sact without authority
Zhengzhangdjans
Unicodezhiɛ̀n

說文解字

專也。从手亶聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)