嬗
How to Say
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Meaning: to go through successive changes; to evolve
💡 Think 'shan' as 'shift'—like a woman (女) shifting through sincere (亶) changes.
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Character Story & Explanation
In a bustling Beijing tech startup, a founder uses 嬗 (shàn) to describe the rapid evolution of China's digital economy. This character, with the radical 女 (woman) and 亶 (sincere), originally referred to the orderly transmission of power from one generation to the next. Today, it commonly appears in formal contexts to denote systematic transformation, such as societal shifts or organizational restructuring. Unlike similar characters like 变 (biàn), which implies simple change, 嬗 emphasizes a gradual, step-by-step process, often with positive connotations of progress and refinement.
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