chàn

confuse

Components

Meaning component
shī sitting person

body

Sound component
shān rank odour of sheep or goats

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangskʰreːnʔ
skʰraːns

說文解字

羊相厠也。从羴在尸下。尸,屋也。一曰相出前也。

Sources

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