xínchántán

dagger

Evolution

鐔 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
鐔 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Definitions

() 

xín

dagger; small sword; guard (on a sword handle); pommel (on a sword handle); Taiwan pr. [tán]

() 

Tán

surname Tan

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6591st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

20

Simplified

Unicode

U+9414

Shuowen

“鐔,劍鼻也。从金,覃聲。”


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