谵妄
zhān​wàng

delirium

谵 zhān talkative Simplified

Verbose 詹 speech 讠; 詹 also provides the pronunciation

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
詹
詹 SoundMeaning component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

妄 wàng absurd

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components

女
女 Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman
亡
亡 Sound component
wáng death

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjangHmaŋ-sreckless
Zhengzhangmaŋs
Unicodemiɑ̀ng

說文解字

亂也。从女亡聲。

Sources

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

譫 talkative Traditional

Verbose 詹 speech 言; 詹 also provides the pronunciation

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
詹
詹 SoundMeaning component
zhān, dàn talk too much

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjam
daːb
tjaːb

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang