àn HSK5

shore, bank

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
yǎn, è tall mountain
Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Remnant (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnganH[ŋ]ˤa[r]-s bank of a river

說文解字

《說文》:“岸,水厓而高者。从屵,干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica