懺
chàn

regret

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

韱
韱 Sound component
xiān wild onions or leeks

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰraːms

Sources

Readings & variants
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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

忏 chàn, qiǎn, qiān regret Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 千 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懺.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

千
千 Sound component
qiān thousand

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode