chǎn

flatter

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

speech

臽 sound component

  Sound component

xiàn

  

a pit

Evolution

谄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
谄 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
谄 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

chǎn

flatter, truckle, toady; to flatter; to cajole

Most common words with 谄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

谄媚

to flatter

to flatter

谄媚者

flatterer

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4145th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

Unicode

U+8C04


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