chān

peek

To watch and observe also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
zhàn divine
Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtems
tʰem

說文解字

窺也。从見占聲。《春秋傳》曰:“公使覘之,信。”

Sources

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

chān, dān, jī peek Simplified

To watch and observe also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
zhàn divine
Meaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode