tián

quiet

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
忄 meaning component

  Meaning component

xinxīn

  

heart

is a component form of .

舌 sound component

  Sound component

shé

  

tongue

Evolution

恬 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
恬 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
恬 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

tián

quiet, calm, tranquil, peaceful; quiet; calm; tranquil; peaceful

Most common words with 恬
Freq.
Word
Meaning

恬静

still

quiet

恬淡

quiet and contented

恬不知耻

to have no sense of shame

蒙恬

Qin general Meng Tian (-210 BC), involved in 215 BC in fighting the Northern Xiongnu 匈奴 and building the great wall

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3717th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+606C

Shuowen

“恬,安也。从心,甛省聲。”


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