xiáng

detailed

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

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

羊 sound component

  Sound component

yáng

  

sheep

Evolution

详 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
详 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
详 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
详 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
详 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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xiáng

detailed, complete, thorough; detailed; comprehensive

Most common words with 详
Freq.
Word
Meaning

详细

detailed

详情

details

detailed

安详

serene

不详

not in detail