Original meaning: grain abundant
Phonosemantic compound. 㐭 represents the meaning and 旦 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Component uses
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tanX | tˤanʔ | sincere, truly |
說文解字
《說文》：“亶，多穀也。从，旦聲。”
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-Sagart
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)