帆伞 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

fānsǎn

parasail

fān sail

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound. Simplified form of 㠶.

Components

巾 Meaning component

jīn cloth

凡 Sound component

fán all

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		bom
		boms
Unicode	bhiæm

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

sǎn umbrella Simplified

Simplified form of 傘. Pictograph of an umbrella.

Sources

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

sǎn umbrella Traditional

Pictograph of an umbrella.

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	sanX	[s]ˤarʔ	umbrella, parasol

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart