Unicode: U+6158

Pinyin: cǎn

Definition

* 狠,惡毒。 ~毒。~刻。~虐。~烈。~無人道。 * 可悲傷,使人難受。 悽~。悲~。~淡。~劇。~案。~景。~象。~不忍睹。~絕人寰。 * 程度嚴重。 ~重( zhòng )。~敗

sad, pitiful, wretched; cruel

Structure

慘 graph

Related substructures

Precursors

Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC