zhānZhān

talk too much

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound while (eight) and (speech) represent the meaning.

Components

Sound component
zhān, wěi high and dangerous, look upward
Meaning component
eight
Meaning component
yán speech

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyem[t]am garrulous

說文解字

《說文》:“詹,多言也。从言,从八,从厃。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.83-84
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica