chǎn

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
chǎn give birth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
chǎn give birth

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsŋreːnʔ

說文解字

水。出京兆藍田谷,入霸。从水產聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica