shàn

succession to the throne

Components

Meaning component
nǚ, nü woman

woman

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːnʔ
tʰaːn
djans

說文解字

緩也。从女亶聲。一曰傳也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica