潸
shān

weep

Water 氵 falling from closed eyes 林

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
林
林 Meaning component
lín forest
月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsræn[s]ˤra[n]tears flowing
srɛn[s]ra[n]tears flowing
Zhengzhangsraːn
sraːnʔ
Unicodeshran
shrǎn

說文解字

涕流皃。从水,𢿱省聲。《詩》曰:“潸焉出涕。”

Sources

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