岘港
Xiàn​gǎng

Da Nang

岘 xiàn steep hill Simplified

A mountain 山 that affords a good view 见; 见 also provides the pronunciation

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
见
见 SoundMeaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

港 gǎng port, harbor

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 巷 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

巷
巷 Sound component
xiàng alley

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkroːŋʔ
ɡloːŋs

說文解字

《說文》：“，水派也，从水聲。”

Sources

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

峴 steep hill Traditional

A mountain 山 that affords a good view 見; 見 also provides the pronunciation

Components

山
山 Meaning component
shān mountain
見
見 SoundMeaning component
jiàn, xiàn, jian see

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡeːnʔ
Unicodehěn

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang