邯
hán

city in Hebei province

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

甘
甘 Sound component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartham[ɡ]ˤam邯鄲 han.tan (placename)
han[ɡ]ˤa[n]邯鄲 han.tan (placename)
Zhengzhangɡaːm
ɡaːm
Unicodehɑn

說文解字

趙邯鄲縣。从邑甘聲。

Sources

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