唐璜
táng​huáng

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唐 táng exaggerate

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 庚 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
庚
庚 Sound component
gēng 7th heavenly stem
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 7 verified)

糖塘搪瑭醣溏螗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartthangr̥ˤaŋ name of first Shang ruler
dang[N-]rˤaŋ exaggerate; great
dang[N].rˤaŋ 棠棣 cherry tree

說文解字

《說文》：“唐，大言也。从口，庚聲。，古文唐，从口、昜。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

璜 huáng a semicircular jade ornament used as a pendant

Phonosemantic compound. 王 represents the meaning and 黄 represents the sound.

Components

王
王 Meaning component
wáng king
黄
黄 Sound component
huáng yellow

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋ

說文解字

半璧也。从玉黃聲。

Sources

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