Chinese Character Wiki

忝

tiǎn

disgraced

Components
天 sound component

天  Sound component

tiān

  

sky

⺗ meaning component

⺗  Meaning component

xīn

  

heart

heart

Evolution

忝 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
忝 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

忝  

tiǎn

disgraced; ashamed; self-deprecating; to shame

Component uses

Sound component in 3 characters (0 verified)

添 舔 掭

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*l̥ˤ[i]mʔ

themX

tiǎn

disgrace (v.)

*l̥ˤ[i]mʔ-s

themH

tiǎn

disgrace


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4729th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+5FDD

Shuowen

“忝，辱也。从心，天聲。”


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