chán

spade

No origin information available for this character yet.

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Readings & variants
Unicode

spade Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzraːm
zraːms
Unicodejhram

說文解字

銳也。从金毚聲。

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Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica