僵硬
jiāng​yìng

stiff

僵 jiāng stiff and motionless

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

畺
畺 Sound component
jiāng, jiàng boundary

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkaŋ
Unicodegiɑng

說文解字

僨也。从人畺聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

硬 yìng hard

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
更
更 Sound component
gèng, gēng more

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɡraːŋs
ŋɡraːŋs
Unicodengɛ̀ng

Sources

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