diān

Yunnan province

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

真 sound component

  Sound component

zhēn

  

real

Evolution

滇 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
滇 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

diān

Yunnan province

 

Diān

abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南|云南[Yún​nán] in southwest China

Most common words with 滇
Freq.
Word
Meaning

abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南|云南[Yún​nán] in southwest China

滇池

lake Dianchi in Yunnan

滇东

east Yunnan

滇红

Dian Hong tea