冋
jiōng

a desert

A plot of land 口 surrounded by a border 冂; 冂 also provides the pronunciation

Components

冂
冂 SoundMeaning component
jiōng, jiǒng large room
口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 4 verified)

炯迥扃苘

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

迥

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷeːŋ
ɡʷeːŋʔ

Sources

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