僉
qiān

together

Depicts multiple people (从) opening their mouths (亼 吅) to speak together, representing the meaning "together" or "all".

Components

亼
亼 Iconic component
jí (upside-down mouth), to assemble

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

吅
吅 Iconic component
xuān, sòng noise

Depicts two mouths.

从
从 Iconic component
cóng, cōng from

Depicts multiple people.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (6 of 13 verified)

驗險臉鹼瞼簽殮檢斂儉撿歛劍

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshjems.qʰ[a]m (dialect: *s.qʰ > MC tsh-)all; many

說文解字

《說文》：“僉，皆也。从亼，从吅，从从。”

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)

佥 qiān together Simplified

Simplified form of 僉. Depicts multiple people (从) opening their mouths (亼 吅) to speak together, representing the meaning "together" or "all".

Components

亼
亼 Iconic component
jí (upside-down mouth), to assemble

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

吅
吅 IconicSimplified component
xuān, sòng noise

Depicts two mouths.

从
从 IconicSimplified component
cóng, cōng from

Depicts multiple people.

Component uses

Sound (6 of 15 verified)

验脸险检剑签捡俭敛睑殓硷裣莶猃

Sources

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