Chinese Character Wiki
詹

zhān

talk too much

Phonosemantic compound. 厃 represents the sound while 八 (eight) and 言 (speech) represent the meaning.

Components
厃 sound component

厃  Sound component

wěi, zhān

  

high and dangerous, look upward

八 meaning component

八  Meaning component

bā

  

eight

言 meaning component

言  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

Evolution

詹 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
詹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
詹 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
詹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

詹  

zhān

surname; talk too much, verbose; excellent; verbose

詹  

Zhān

surname Zhan

Most common words with 詹
Freq.
Word
Meaning

詹姆斯

James (name)

詹

excellent

詹森

Johnson

詹天佑

Zhan Tianyou (1861-1919), Chinese railroad engineer

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (0 verified)

谵 譫

Sound component in 12 characters (1 verified)

擔 膽 瞻 檐 簷 贍 赡 蟾 澹 儋 谵 譫

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[t]am

tsyem

zhān

garrulous


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 6.2790% of movies

1535th most common character in movies

2533rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

13

Unicode

U+8A79

Shuowen

“詹，多言也。从言，从八，从厃。”


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