Hóng​jī

Acer

hóng wide

Components

Meaning component
mián roof

building

Sound component
gōng, hóng forearm

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthweang[g]ʷˤ<r>əŋ resounding; great

說文解字

《說文》:“宏,屋深響也,从宀,厷聲。”

Sources

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

chess

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡɯ
Unicodeghiə

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang