搭讪
dā​shàn

break silence

搭 dā join together

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 荅 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

荅
荅 Sound component
dā, dá, tà small bean

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtuːb
tʰoːb

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

讪 shàn abuse Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound. Simplified form of 訕.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

山
山 Sound component
shān mountain

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

訕 abuse Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 山 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
山
山 Sound component
shān mountain

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːn
sraːns

說文解字

𧩂也。从言山聲。

Sources

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