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Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC 
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD 
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern
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Phonosemantic compound. 厃 represents the sound while 八 (eight) and 言 (speech) represent the meaning.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | tsyem | [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
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)