竄
cuàn HSK7

run away

Depicts a mouse (鼠) scurrying out of a hole (穴).

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
鼠
鼠 Meaning component
shǔ rat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

躥攛

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshwanH[tsʰ]ˤo[n]-s hide; flee

說文解字

《說文》：“竄，墜也。从鼠在穴中。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

窜 cuàn run away Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 串 represents the sound. Simplified form of 竄.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
串
串 Sound component
chuàn string

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

蹿撺镩

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode