欿
kǎn

discontented

Components

Meaning component
xiàn a pit

pit

Sound component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartkhomX[kʰ]ˤomʔinsufficient; despondent; covet
Zhengzhangɡloːmʔ

說文解字

欲得也。从欠臽聲。讀若貪。

Sources

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