hōng​pā​guǎn

party venue

hōng rumble Simplified

Simplified form of . Depicts the sound made by many vehicles (). The meaning later shifted to "rumble".

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

lying prone

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

𧾷
𧾷 Meaning component
foot
Sound component
eight

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

guǎn public building Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shí eat

is a component form of .

Sound component
guān official

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

hōng rumble Traditional

Depicts the sound made by many vehicles (). The meaning later shifted to "rumble".

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷreːŋ
qʰʷreːŋs
Unicodexuəng

說文解字

《說文》:“轟,羣車聲也。从三車。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

guǎn public building Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eat

is a component form of .

Sound component
guān official

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwanH[k]ˤo[n]ʔ-s lodging-house

說文解字

《說文》:“館,客舍也。从食,官聲。《周禮》:‘五十里有市,市有館,館有積,以待朝聘之客。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica