冻涨
dòng​zhǎng

freeze prices

冻 dòng freeze Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 东 represents the sound. Simplified form of 凍.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

东
东 Sound component
dōng east

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

涨 zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 张 represents the sound. Simplified form of 漲.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

张
张 Sound component
zhāng stretch

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

凍 dòng freeze Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 東 represents the sound.

Components

冫
冫 Meaning component
bīng ice

冫 is a component form of 冰.

東
東 Sound component
dōng east

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttuwngHtˤoŋ-sfreeze
Zhengzhangtoːŋ
toːŋs
Unicodedùng
dùng

說文解字

仌也。从仌東聲。

Sources

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

漲 zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

張
張 Sound component
zhāng stretch

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaŋ
taŋʔ
taŋs
Unicodedzhiɑ̀ng

Sources

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