qiàn HSK6

deficient

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
jiān double
Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkheamHkʰˤremʔ-s deficient, modest

說文解字

《說文》:“歉,歉食不滿。从欠,兼聲。”

Sources

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