𦰩
jiān

to sigh

Depicts a tortured person or a criminal (黑) sighing (口). Original form of 嘆.

Components

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Depicts a mouth.

黑
黑 Iconic component
hēi black

Depicts a tortured person or a criminal.

Component uses

Sound (6)

堇難嘆歎艱漢

Iconic (3)

堇嘆艱

Sources

Character origin
黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2569, 3655何琳儀《戰國古文字典：戰國文字聲系》p.975
Readings & variants
Unicode