伙
huǒ HSK4

companion

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 火 represents the sound. Simplified form of 夥.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

火
火 Sound component
huǒ fire

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːlʔ

Sources

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

夥 huǒ companion Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 多 represents the meaning and 果 represents the sound.

Components

多
多 Meaning component
duō much
果
果 Sound component
guǒ fruit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwaX[gʷˤ]ajʔ many, much [not pre-Qin]

說文解字

《說文》：“，齊謂多為，从多，果聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)