Read Edit View history Discussion 歎 tàn sigh Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 堇 represents the sound. Pinyin Separate values with commas tàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 歎 Simp strokes 歎 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 歎 Simp strokes 歎 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 歎 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 131, 651 ], [ 168, 643 ], [ 200, 645 ], [ 478, 706 ], [ 526, 713 ], [ 566, 709 ] ], [ [ 233, 760 ], [ 253, 754 ], [ 273, 734 ], [ 296, 541 ] ], [ [ 421, 838 ], [ 453, 796 ], [ 414, 631 ], [ 392, 607 ] ], [ [ 311, 556 ], [ 334, 570 ], [ 395, 585 ], [ 428, 588 ], [ 449, 581 ] ], [ [ 178, 461 ], [ 206, 443 ], [ 247, 330 ] ], [ [ 233, 459 ], [ 245, 453 ], [ 268, 457 ], [ 393, 483 ], 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315 249 Q 309 225 301 198 L 286 153 Z", "M 393 100 Q 412 75 431 45 Q 440 32 453 29 Q 462 28 469 37 Q 476 49 474 75 Q 471 105 399 142 Q 386 148 380 147 Q 376 144 374 133 Q 375 123 393 100 Z", "M 642 545 Q 669 597 696 667 Q 708 704 721 723 Q 728 735 721 747 Q 714 757 683 774 Q 653 784 636 781 Q 620 775 631 757 Q 647 738 643 716 Q 633 647 608 579 Q 584 513 548 438 Q 541 426 540 420 Q 539 410 552 415 Q 577 427 630 523 L 642 545 Z", "M 630 523 Q 646 507 669 513 Q 775 556 799 547 Q 811 532 803 524 Q 803 520 771 448 Q 764 438 769 433 Q 773 427 784 440 Q 875 510 915 528 Q 925 529 925 538 Q 925 551 898 564 Q 826 603 806 590 Q 743 566 642 545 C 613 539 610 538 630 523 Z", "M 688 283 Q 689 289 690 294 Q 705 381 709 387 Q 716 405 700 413 Q 652 444 628 434 Q 615 428 622 415 Q 652 369 628 251 Q 606 158 509 77 Q 503 73 498 67 Q 486 57 498 56 Q 549 56 609 119 Q 657 165 682 250 L 688 283 Z", "M 682 250 Q 739 154 814 51 Q 841 23 978 43 Q 987 44 988 49 Q 989 53 978 61 Q 849 124 758 211 Q 725 242 692 278 Q 691 281 688 283 C 668 306 667 276 682 250 Z" ] } 15 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.