儼
yǎn

grave

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 嚴 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

嚴
嚴 Sound component
yán strict

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjæmXŋ(r)[a]mʔdignified
Zhengzhangŋamʔ

說文解字

昂頭也。从人嚴聲。一曰好皃。

Sources

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

俨 yǎn grave Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 严 represents the sound. Simplified form of 儼.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

严
严 Sound component
yán strict

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode