Read Edit View history Discussion 𦰩 jiān to sigh Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents ← Back to history approved by Prismcool · Mar 23, 2024, 05:57 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Mar 23, 2024, 05:57 AM Changed stroke data Changed fields: components, strokeDataSimp, fragmentsSimp, historicalImages Depicts a tortured person or a criminal (黑) sighing (口). Original form of 嘆. Components 口 口 Iconic component Depicts a mouth. 黑 黑 Iconic component Depicts a tortured person or a criminal. Sources Character origin 黃德寬《古文字譜系疏證》p.2569, 3655何琳儀《戰國古文字典：戰國文字聲系》p.975Readings & variants Unicode