玷
diàn

flaw in gem

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttemXtˤemʔblack spot
temHtˤemʔ-sblack spot, flaw
Zhengzhangteːmʔ
teːms

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica