a coarse mat of rushes or bamboo

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
dàn dawn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːnʔ
taːns
taːd

說文解字

笞也。从竹旦聲。

Sources

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