舛
chuǎn

oppose

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Pictograph of two feet facing opposite directions.

Components

夂
夂 Iconic component
zhǐ, zhōng go

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts a foot facing the left.

㐄
㐄 Iconic component
kuà step astride

Depicts a foot facing the right.


Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhwenX[tʰ]o[n]ʔ oppose, contrary

說文解字

《說文》：“舛，對卧也。从夂相背。踳，揚雄說，舛從足春。”

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)