Chinese Character Wiki
舛

chuǎn

oppose

Pictograph of two feet facing opposite directions.

Components
夂 iconic component

夂  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

go

夂 is a component form of 止. Depicts a foot facing the left.

止 iconic component

止  Iconic component

zhǐ

  

(foot), stop

Depicts a foot facing the right.

Evolution

舛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
舛 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
舛 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

舛  

chuǎn

oppose, deviate, be contrary to; mistaken; erroneous; contradictory

Most common words with 舛
Freq.
Word
Meaning

舛

mistaken

多舛

full of trouble and misfortune (usu. referring to sb's life)

命途多舛

to meet with many difficulties in one's life (idiom)

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

舞

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

舜

Iconic component in 3 characters (3 verified)

登 粦 桀

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[tʰ]o[n]ʔ

tsyhwenX

chuǎn

oppose, contrary


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4694th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

6

Unicode

U+821B

Shuowen

“舛，對卧也。从夂相背。踳，揚雄說，舛從足春。”


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