zhān
felt
Phonosemantic compound. 毛 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 氈.
Evolution

Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 毡
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
felt (fabric) | ||
lit. as if sitting on pins and needles | ||
felt | ||
felt (fabric) | ||
(on) pins and needles |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3451st most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+6BE1 |
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