tián
quiet
Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 舌 represents the sound.
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal script
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 恬
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
still | ||
quiet | ||
quiet and contented | ||
to have no sense of shame | ||
Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)
Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3717th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+606C |
Shuowen | “恬,安也。从心,甛省聲。” |
Sources
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