How to Write 啴 (chǎn) — Meaning “panting; slow”

Imagine a single (单) mouth (口) breathing slowly and heavily: "chǎn chǎn" — the sound of panting after a long, slow walk. Picture the two dots at the top of 单 as two tired eyes, and the long horizontal stroke below as a relaxed exhale.

The left mouth radical 口 should be small and placed in the upper half of the left side. The right side 单 begins with two dots, then a left-downward stroke, followed by a long horizontal line, then a vertical, a horizontal fold, another horizontal, and a final vertical stroke. A common mistake is making the mouth too large or misaligning the long horizontal stroke of 单 with the mouth's middle.

Common words containing 啴 include: 啴啴 (chǎn chǎn) — panting; numerous; 啴缓 (chǎn huǎn) — slow and relaxed; 啴谐 (chǎn xié) — harmonious and relaxed.