崩溃
bēng​kuì HSK7

collapse

崩 bēng rupture

Phonosemantic compound. 山 represents the meaning and 朋 represents the sound.

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
朋
朋 Sound component
péng friend

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

蹦嘣镚繃

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpongCə.pˤəŋcollapse (v., of a mountain)
Zhengzhangpɯːŋ
Unicodebəng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

溃 kuì flooding river Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 贵 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潰.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

贵
贵 Sound component
guì expensive

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

潰 kuì flooding river Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 貴 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

貴
貴 Sound component
guì expensive

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwojH[ɡʷ]ˤ[ə]j-sbreak through an embankment (of water)
Zhengzhangɡluːls

說文解字

漏也。从水貴聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)