qiān
together
Depicts multiple people (人) opening their mouths (口) to speak together, representing the meaning "together" or "all".
Components
Evolution
![僉 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC) 僉 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%83%89_0.png)
Bronze script
Early Warring States (~400 BC)![僉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD) 僉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%83%89_4.png)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)![僉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD) 僉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)](https://data.dong-chinese.com/img/sinica/%E5%83%89_6.png)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernHistorical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*s.qʰ[a]m (dialect: *s.qʰ > MC tsh-) | tshjem | qiān | all; many |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
5613th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+50C9 |
Shuowen | “僉,皆也。从亼,从吅,从从。” |
Sources
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