chán​chǎn

defame and flatter

chán slander Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
miǎn (hat), avoid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

chǎn flatter Simplified

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
xiàn a pit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

slander Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
Sound component
chán cunning

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzrɯːm
zraːms
Unicodejrhæm

說文解字

譖也。从言毚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

flatter Traditional

Components

Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Sound component
xiàn a pit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttrhjemXqʰromʔflatter (v.)
Zhengzhangl̥ʰomʔ

Sources

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