chuǎn

pant

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
口 meaning component

  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

耑 sound component

  Sound component

duānzhuān

  

tip, start, extremity

Evolution

喘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
喘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

chuǎn

pant, gasp, breathe heavily; to gasp; to pant; asthma

Most common words with 喘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to gasp

哮喘

asthma

喘气

to pant

喘息

to gasp for breath

气喘吁吁

to pant