詹
zhān

talk too much

Phonosemantic compound. 厃 represents the sound while 八 (eight) and 言 (speech) represent the meaning.

Components

厃
厃 Sound component
zhān, wěi high and dangerous, look upward
八
八 Meaning component
bā eight
言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 12 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyem[t]am garrulous

說文解字

《說文》:“詹,多言也。从言,从八,从厃。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.83-84
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica