zhān

sturgeon

Components

Meaning component
fish

fish

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjentra[n]a kind of fish
Zhengzhangtan
Unicodedjiɛn

說文解字

鯉也。从魚亶聲。

Sources

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

zhān, shàn sturgeon Simplified

Components

Meaning component
fish

fish

Sound component
dǎn, dàn, chán sincere

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode