Read Edit View history 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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