Read Edit View history Discussion 嬗 shàn succession to the throne Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas shàn ×chán × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint woman Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 嬗 Simp strokes 嬗 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 嬗 Simp strokes 嬗 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 嬗 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 224, 789 ], [ 280, 721 ], [ 189, 286 ], [ 359, 167 ], [ 400, 112 ] ], [ [ 329, 542 ], [ 370, 502 ], [ 302, 246 ], [ 224, 146 ], [ 110, 74 ] ], [ [ 53, 418 ], [ 109, 398 ], [ 331, 473 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