dān​sì

food vessel

dān small bamboo basket for holding Simplified

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
dān single

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

a hamper

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
take charge of

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangslɯ
slɯs

說文解字

飯及衣之器也。从竹司聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

small bamboo basket for holding Traditional

Components

Meaning component
zhú bamboo

bamboo

Sound component
dān single

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaːn
Unicodedɑn

說文解字

笥也。从竹單聲。漢津令:簞,小筐也。《傳》曰:“簞食壺漿。”

Sources

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