diàn

(same as 玷) a flaw

Evolution

㓠 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

diàn

(same as ) a flaw; a defect, to cut with a sword; to chop

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤemʔ

temX

diǎn

black spot

*tˤemʔ-s

temH

diàn

black spot, flaw


Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+34E0

Shuowen

“,缺也。从刀,占聲。”


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