shěn

consult carefully with

To give thoughtful  advice 

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Meaning component
niàn think of, ready

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

consult carefully with Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsyimXn̥imʔremonstrate
Zhengzhanghnjɯmʔ

說文解字

深諫也。从言念聲。《春秋傳》曰:“辛伯諗周桓公。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica