zhèn​chàn

quiver

zhèn shake

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rain
Sound component
chén early morning

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyinHtər-sclap of thunder
Zhengzhangtjɯn
Unicodejìn

說文解字

劈歴,振物者。从雨辰聲。《春秋傳》曰:“震夷伯之廟。”

Sources

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

chàn shiver Simplified

Components

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere
Meaning component
page

leaf

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

chàn shiver Traditional

Components

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere
Meaning component
(head), page

leaf

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjans

說文解字

頭不正也。从頁亶聲。

Sources

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