Chinese Character Wiki

孱

càn, chán

weak

Weak 孨 in body 尸

Components
尸 meaning component

尸  Meaning component

shī

  

sitting person

孨 meaning component

孨  Meaning component

  

Evolution

孱 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
孱 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
孱 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
孱 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

孱  

càn

weak, unfit, frail, feeble; see 孱頭|孱头[càn​tou]

孱  

chán

weak; feeble; lowly

Most common words with 孱
Freq.
Word
Meaning

孱弱

delicate

孱

weak

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

潺 骣

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[dz]r[a][n]

dzrean

chán

timid


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4985th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+5B71

Shuowen

“孱，迮也。一曰呻吟也。从孨在尸下。”


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