Dong Chinese dictionary

rǎn

drooping

Depicts two strands of hair drooping.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

rǎn

tender; weak; proceed gradually; edge of a tortoiseshell; see 冉冉[rǎnrǎn]

Rǎn

surname Ran

rǎn

variant of 冉[rǎn]

Most common words with 冉

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	冉冉	gradually
	冉	gradually

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

Sources

季旭昇《說文新證》p.731