róng

high

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

Sound component
róng flourish, glory

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwæng[ɢ]ʷreŋhigh, distant
hwɛng[ɢ]ʷˤreŋ崢嶸 high, precipitous
Zhengzhangɢʷreːŋ
ɢʷreŋ
Unicodehuɛng

說文解字

崝嶸也。从山榮聲。

Sources

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

róng high Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shān mountain

mountain

Sound component
róng flourish, glory

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode