耽
dān HSK7

indulge in

Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 冘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 躭.

Components

耳
耳 Meaning component
ěr ear
冘
冘 Sound component
yín, yóu to move on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttom[t-q]ˤ[ə]mtake pleasure
Zhengzhangʔl'uːm
Unicodedom

說文解字

耳大垂也。从耳冘聲。《詩》曰：“士之耽兮。”

Sources

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