cōng​máng HSK7

hurried

cōng hastily

Variant form of /, which depicts a line piercing an object. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Component uses

Sound (1)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰloːŋ
Unicodetsung

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.761zi.tools
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

máng busy

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

is a component form of .

Sound component
wáng death

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmangmˤaŋ flurried

Sources

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