zhàn

ripped seam

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
纟 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

定 sound component

  Sound component

dìng

  

settle

Evolution

绽 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
绽 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
绽 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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zhàn

ripped seam, rend, crack; to burst open; to split at the seam

Most common words with 绽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

绽放

to blossom

破绽

hole or tear in cloth

to burst open

绽开

to burst forth

皮开肉绽

flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom)