hàn

chin

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
page
Sound component
hán contain, hold in mouth

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

chin Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
(head), page
Sound component
hán contain, hold in mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthomX[ɢ]ˤ[ə]mʔjaw, chin
Zhengzhangɡɯːm
ɡɯːmʔ
Unicodehòm
hǒm

說文解字

面黃也。从頁含聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica