hǒng​mán

deceive

hōng, hǒng coax

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
gòng together with

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡloːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

mán deceive Simplified

Components

Meaning component
eye

eye

Unknown component
cao, cǎo grass
Unknown component
liǎng two

說文解字

平目也。从目㒼聲。

Sources

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mán deceive Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
eye
Sound component
mán equal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmanmˤ[o][r]be deceived
Zhengzhangmoːn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica