瑕玷
xiá​diàn

blemish

瑕 xiá flaw in gem

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

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
叚
叚 Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthæ[ɡ]ˤraflaw, blemish
Zhengzhangɡraː
Unicodeha

說文解字

玉小赤也。从玉叚聲。

Sources

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

玷 diàn, diān 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