tíng​háng

suspend service

tíng stop

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
rén person

is a component form of .

Sound component
tíng pavilion

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdengCə.[d]ˤeŋ
(~ *C.[d]ˤeŋ)
to stop

說文解字

《說文新附》:“停,止也。从人,亭聲。”

Sources

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

háng sail, ship

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat
Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːŋ
Unicodehɑng

Sources

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