chǎntān

pant

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthantʰˤarnumerous; exhausted; many
Zhengzhangtʰaːn
tʰjanʔ

說文解字

喘息也。一曰喜也。从口單聲。《詩》曰:“嘽嘽駱馬。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chǎn, tān, chān pant Simplified

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode