颤抖
chàn​dǒu HSK7

tremble

颤 chàn shiver Simplified

Components

亶
亶 Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere
页
页 Meaning component
yè page

leaf

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

抖 dǒu tremble

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 斗 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

斗
斗 Sound component
dòu ladle

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtoːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

顫 chàn shiver Traditional

Components

亶
亶 Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere
頁
頁 Meaning component
yè (head), page

leaf

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjans

說文解字

頭不正也。从頁亶聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)