kàn​zhěn

see doctor

kàn, kān look

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

SoundRemnant component
gàn sunrise
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to than it was in ancient scripts.
Meaning component
eye

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhankʰˤa[r] to watch, guard
khanH[kʰ]ˤa[r]-s gaze at

說文解字

《說文》:“看,睎也。从手下目。,看或从倝。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.268-269
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

zhěn examine patient Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

zhěn examine patient Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
zhěn thick hair

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdrinHm-t<r>ə[n]ʔ-s examine
tsyinXtə[n]ʔ examine

說文解字

《說文》:“診,視也。从言,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica