贍
shàn

support

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyemH[d]am-ssufficient
Zhengzhangdjams

說文解字

給也。从貝詹聲。

Sources

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

赡 shàn, dàn support Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 詹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 贍.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
詹
詹 Sound component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode