suàn

to calculate

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswanH[s]ˤorʔ-scalculate
Zhengzhangsloːns

說文解字

明視以筭之。从二示。《逸周書》曰:“士分民之祘。均分以祘之也。”读若筭。

Sources

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