Chinese Character Wiki

廛

chán

a store

Components
广 meaning component

广  Meaning component

yǎn, guǎng

  

roof

building

里 unknown component

里  Unknown component

lǐ

  

village

八 unknown component

八  Unknown component

bā

  

eight

土 unknown component

土  Unknown component

tǔ

  

earth

Evolution

廛 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
廛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

廛  

chán

a store, shop; ground allotted to a retainer; market place

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

纏 躔

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[d]ra[n]

drjen

chán

farmyard


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

5753rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Unicode

U+5EDB

Shuowen

“廛，一畝半，一家之居，从广、里、八、土。”


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