懂中文 Dong Chinese

暫

zàn

temporary

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 斬 represents the sound.

Components
斬 sound component

斬  Sound component

zhǎn

  

chop

日 meaning component

日  Meaning component

rì

  

sun

Evolution

暫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
暫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

暂 (暫) 

zàn

temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn]

Most common words with 暫
Freq.
Word
Meaning

暂时

temporary

暂停

to suspend

短暂

brief

暂

temporary

暂行

provisional