dān

ears without rims

Components
耳 meaning component

  Meaning component

ěr

  

ear

ear

冉 sound component

  Sound component

rǎn

  

drooping

Evolution

聃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聃 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
聃 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
聃 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
聃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

dān

ears without rims; a personal name; ears without rim

Most common words with 聃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

老聃

another name for Laozi 老子[Lǎo​zǐ]

ears without rim