diàn
flaw in gem
Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.
Evolution
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*tˤemʔ | temX | diàn | black spot |
*tˤemʔ-s | temH | diàn | black spot, flaw |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
Appears in 2.1464% of movies
3025th most common character in movies
4069th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+73B7 |
Sources
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