皂矾 zàofán green vitriol Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 皂 zào soap Component uses Sound (0 of 1 verified) 唣 Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangzuːʔ Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang 矾 fán alum Simplified Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound. Simplified form of 礬. Components 石 石 Meaning component shí stone 凡 凡 Sound component fán all Sources Readings & variants Unicode 礬 alum Traditional Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 樊 represents the sound. Components 樊 樊 Sound component fán, fàn a railing 石 石 Meaning component shí stone Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangban Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang