cǎn

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Components

Meaning component
hēi black

black

Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰluːmʔ
sʰloːmʔ

說文解字

淺青黑也。从黑參聲。

Sources

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