健旺
jiàn​wàng

robust

健 jiàn healthy

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

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

建
建 Sound component
jiàn build

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡans
Unicodeghiæ̀n

說文解字

伉也。从人建聲。

Sources

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

旺 wàng prosper

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

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
王
王 Sound component
wáng king

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɢʷaŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica