shān

rank odor

Evolution

羶 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
羶 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
羶 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

shān

rank odor; rank odor (of sheep or goats)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s.tan

syen

shān

smell of sheep


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

7078th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

19

Unicode

U+7FB6

Shuowen

“羴,羊臭也。从三羊。羶,羴或从亶。”


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