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冉

rǎn

drooping

Depicts two strands of hair drooping.

Evolution

冉 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
冉 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
冉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
冉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
冉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

冉  

rǎn

tender; weak; proceed gradually; edge of a tortoiseshell; see 冉冉[rǎn​rǎn]

冉  

Rǎn

surname Ran

冉 (冄) 

rǎn

variant of 冉[rǎn]

Most common words with 冉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

冉冉

gradually

冉

gradually

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

髯 聃 苒 蚺

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3070th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+5189

Shuowen

“冄，毛冄冄也。象形。”


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