diàn

bamboo mat

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
⺮ meaning component

  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of .

覃 sound component

  Sound component

tánqín

  

reach to

Evolution

簟 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
簟 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
簟 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
簟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

diàn

bamboo mat; fine woven grass mat