Chinese Character Wiki

嬗

shàn

succession to the throne

Components
女 meaning component

女  Meaning component

nǚ, rǔ

  

woman

woman

亶 sound component

亶  Sound component

dǎn

  

sincere

Evolution

嬗 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
嬗 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

嬗  

shàn

succession to the throne; changes and succession

Most common words with 嬗
Freq.
Word
Meaning

嬗变

transmutation

嬗

changes and succession

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4848th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Unicode

U+5B17

Shuowen

“嬗，緩也。从女，亶聲。一曰傳也。”


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