讪脸
shàn​liǎn

impudent

讪 shàn abuse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訕.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

山
山 Sound component
shān mountain

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

脸 liǎn face Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 臉.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

訕 abuse Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
山
山 Sound component
shān mountain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːn
sraːns

說文解字

𧩂也。从言山聲。

Sources

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

臉 liǎn face Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·reːmʔ
skʰlam
kramʔ
Unicodelæ̌m

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang