黯
àn

dark

Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 音 represents the sound.

Components

黑
黑 Meaning component
hēi black
音
音 Sound component
yīn sound

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqrɯːm
qrɯːmʔ
Unicodeqæ̌m

說文解字

深黑也。从黑音聲。

Sources

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