渗碳
shèn​tàn

carburization

渗 shèn soak through Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 参 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滲.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

参
参 Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

碳 tàn carbon

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 炭 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
炭
炭 Sound component
tàn charcoal

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

滲 shèn soak through Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 參 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

參
參 Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsrums

說文解字

下漉也。从水參聲。

Sources

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