tān spread out Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Sources

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

dǎng obstruct Simplified

A hand  raised at the right time  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

tān spread out Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
nán, nan, nàn difficult

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangn̥ʰaːn
naːnʔ
naːns

說文解字

《說文新附》:“攤,開也。从手,難聲。”

Sources

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

dǎng obstruct Traditional

A hand  raised at the right time  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand
SoundMeaning component
dāng, dàng, dang to match

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːŋʔ
taːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang