憨态
hān​tài

charming naivety

憨 hān foolish

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 敢 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
敢
敢 Sound component
gǎn to dare

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰaːm
qʰlaːms
Unicodekyɛ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

态 tài manner Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 太 represents the sound. Simplified form of 態.

Components

太
太 Sound component
tài, tai very
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Sources

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

態 tài manner Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 能 represents the sound.

Components

能
能 Sound component
néng to be able
Change in sound
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartthojHn̥ˤə-s bearing, manner

說文解字

《說文》：“態，意也。从心，从能。，或从人。”

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)