tǎng if

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
shàng, shang esteem

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰaːŋʔ
Unicodetɑ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

yáng pretend

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
yáng sheep

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzlaŋ
laŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang