供暖
gōng​nuǎn HSK7

heating

供 gōng, gòng supply, provide

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 共 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-Sagartkjowngk<r>oŋ furnish; serve, offer

說文解字

《說文》：“供，設也。从人，共聲。一曰供給。”

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)

暖 nuǎn warm

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 爰 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
爰
爰 Sound component
yuán pull, draw, lead on

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnoːnʔ
Unicodenuɑ̌n

Sources

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