殫
dān

utmost

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

單
單 Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːn

說文解字

殛盡也。从歺單聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

殚 dān utmost Simplified

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad

death

单
单 Sound component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode