僉
qiān

together

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approved by Marcus Ngai · Mar 1, 2026, 02:13 AM · Reviewed by Marcus Ngai on Mar 1, 2026, 02:13 AM

Updated character description (人 → 从，口 → 亼、吅) and added additional details to character components.

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Depicts multiple people (从) opening their mouths (亼、吅) to speak together, representing the meaning "together" or "all".

Components

亼
亼 Iconic component

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

吅
吅 Iconic component

Depicts two mouths.

从
从 Iconic component

Depicts multiple people.


Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttshjems.qʰ[a]m (dialect: *s.qʰ > MC tsh-)all; many

說文解字

《說文》：“僉，皆也。从亼，从吅，从从。”

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)