chān HSK7

give helping hand

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
chán cunning

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzrɯːm
sʰraːm

說文解字

剌也。从手毚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chān give helping hand Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Unknown component
miǎn (hat), avoid
Unknown component

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode