dàn

eat

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

mouth

炎 sound component

  Sound component

yán

  

flame

Evolution

啖 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
啖 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
啖 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dàn

eat, feed; chew, bite; entice; to eat; to taste; to entice (using bait)

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dàn

variant of [dàn]