諶
Chénchén

sincere

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 甚 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
甚
甚 Sound component
shén, shèn extremely

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzyim[t.ɢ][u]mreliable, to trust
Zhengzhangɡljum

說文解字

誠諦也。从言甚聲。《詩》曰：“天難諶斯。”

Sources

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

谌 chén sincere Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 甚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 諶.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

甚
甚 Sound component
shén, shèn extremely

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode