qiān

together

Depicts multiple people () opening their mouths () to speak together, representing the meaning "together" or "all".

Components
亼 iconic component

  Iconic component

  

to assemble

Depicts an upside-down mouth.

口 iconic component

  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

口 iconic component

  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

人 iconic component

  Iconic component

rén

  

person

Evolution

僉 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
僉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
僉 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
僉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

qiān

all, together, unanimous; all

Component uses

Sound component in 13 characters (6 verified)

Historical 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。”


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