chǎn

explain

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
门 meaning component

  Meaning component

mén

  

door

单 sound component

  Sound component

dānshàn

  

single

Evolution

阐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
阐 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
阐 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
阐 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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chǎn

explain, clarify, elucidate; to express; to disclose; to enlighten; to open

Most common words with 阐
Freq.
Word
Meaning

阐述

to expound (a position)

阐明

to elucidate

阐释

to explain

to express

阐发

to elucidate

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.3936% of movies

3299th most common character in movies

2197th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

11

Traditional

Unicode

U+9610


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