厃
zhānwěi

high and dangerous, look upward

Depicts a person (人) standing on a cliff (厂).

Components

人
人 Iconic component
rén, ren person
Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.
厂
厂 Iconic component
chǎng cliff, (roof)

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2)

危詹

Iconic (1)

危

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyem[t.q]am look upwards

說文解字

《說文》：“厃，仰也。从人在厂上。一曰屋梠也，秦謂之桷，齊謂之厃。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.727-728
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)