曇
tán

become cloudy

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Depicts the sun (日) behind a cloud (雲).

Components

日
日 Iconic component
rì sun
雲
雲 Iconic component
clouds

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangduːm

說文解字

《說文新附》：“曇，雲布也。从日、雲會意。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)