壇
tán HSK7

altar

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

earth

亶
亶 Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzyenX[d]anʔleveled area
dan[d]ˤanaltar
Zhengzhangdaːn
Unicodedhɑn

說文解字

祭場也。从土亶聲。

Sources

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

坛 tán altar Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 云 represents the sound. Simplified form of 壇.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
云
云 Sound component
yún clouds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode