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zhàn

royal silk clothing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
clothes
Sound component
zhǎn to watch extremely carefully

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

Remnant (1)

說文解字

《說文》:“,丹縠衣。从衣,聲。”

Sources

Character origin
Chinese Text Project
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica