湛
zhànZhàn

deep

A deep 甚 lake 氵; 甚 also provides the pronunciation

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
甚
甚 SoundMeaning component
shén, shèn extremely

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔl'uːm
r'uːmʔ
l'um
Unicodedjhæ̌m

說文解字

没也。从水甚聲。一曰湛水，豫章浸。

Sources

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