詹
zhānZhān

talk too much

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Origin unclear. 言 represents the meaning.

Components

厃
厃 Sound component
zhān, wěi high and dangerous, look upward
八
八 Meaning component
bā eight
言
言 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

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
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)