𦰩
jiān

to sigh

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approved by Prismcool · Sep 29, 2023, 06:03 PM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Sep 29, 2023, 06:03 PM

Changed explanation a bit

Changed fields: components

Depicts a tortured person or a criminal (黑) sighing (口). Original form of 嘆.

Components

口
口 Iconic component

Depicts a mouth.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 口 than it was in ancient scripts.
黑
黑 Iconic component

Depicts a tortured person or 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.975
Readings & variants
Unicode