懂中文 Dong Chinese

暂

zàn

temporary

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 斩 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暫.

Components
斩 sound component

斩  Sound component

zhǎn

  

chop

日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

Evolution

暂 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
暂 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
暂 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

暂 (暫) 

zàn

temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn]

暂 (蹔) 

zàn

to scurry; variant of 暫|暂[zàn]

Most common words with 暂
Freq.
Word
Meaning

暂时

temporary

暂停

to suspend

短暂

brief

暂

temporary

暂行

provisional