广场恐惧症
guǎng​chǎng​kǒng​jù​zhèng

agoraphobia

广 guǎng roof Simplified

Variant form of 宀 (roof). In simplified Chinese 广 is also used to mean "wide", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a separate character 廣. Sometimes used interchangeably with 厂.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (29 of 54 verified)

府底座序庭庄店扩库废廉庞斥庙廊厨旷庇廖廓庐庵庖庑庋庠庾庥廪廛庀庹廨廑庳廒㢆廣廡廈廟廠廝㡿廬庫廂廁廥廚廢廩龐廳

Sound (1 of 7 verified)

扩矿旷犷邝圹纩

Simplified (2)

庆厨

Unknown (0 of 2 verified)

庸廄

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“广，因广為屋，象對刺高屋之形。”

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场 chǎng, cháng open space Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 𠃓 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
𠃓
𠃓 Sound component
yáng bright

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恐 kǒng fear

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 巩 represents the sound.

Components

巩
巩 Sound component
gǒng secure, bind
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjowngXkʰ(r)oŋʔ fear

說文解字

《說文》：“恐，懼也。从心，巩聲。，古文。”

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惧 jù fear Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 具 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懼.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

具
具 Sound component
jù, ju tool

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症 zhèng disease

Phonosemantic compound. 疒 represents the meaning and 正 represents the sound. Simplified form of 癥.

Components

疒
疒 Meaning component
nè sick
正
正 Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯŋs

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廣 guǎng wide Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 黃 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
黃
黃 Sound component
huáng yellow

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Jin 266-420 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

礦擴曠爌獷

Meaning (1 of 2 verified)

擴曠

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkwangXkʷˤaŋʔ wide
kwangHkʷˤaŋʔ-s distance from east to west

說文解字

《說文》：“廣，殿之大屋也。从广，黄聲。”

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場 chǎng, cháng open space Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjang[l]raŋ arena

說文解字

《說文》：“場，祭神道也；一曰田不耕；一曰治穀田也。从土，昜聲。”

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懼 jù fear Traditional

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

瞿
瞿 Sound component
qú, jù, jí surname

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartgjuH[ɡ]ʷ(r)a(k)-sfear (v.)
Zhengzhangɡʷas
Unicodeghiò

說文解字

恐也。从心瞿聲。

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