簽
qiān HSK5

sign

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

僉
僉 Sound component
together

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangskʰlam

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

签 qiān sign Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 佥 represents the sound. Simplified form of 簽.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

佥
佥 Sound component
qiān together

Sources

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