Character: 襜
Modern (Beijing) reading: chān
Preclassic Old Chinese: tham
Classic Old Chinese: tham
Western Han Chinese: tham
Eastern Han Chinese: ćham
Early Postclassic Chinese: ćhem
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ćhem
Late Postclassic Chinese: ćhem
Middle Chinese: ćhem
English meaning : apron
Comments: A somewhat later attested (but obviously related) meaning is 'carriage curtain fringe'. During Late Zhou the same word obtained several graphic variants (with radical 50 巾 /read also with falling tone *tham-s, MC ćhèm/, or else with the phonetic 炎 in the right part). A possible etymology see under 髧.
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0619 e
