恍神
huǎng​shén

absent-minded

恍 huǎng seemingly

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 光 represents the sound. Simplified form of 怳.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

光
光 Sound component
guāng light

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaːŋ
qʰʷaːŋʔ
Unicodexuɑ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

神 shén, shen spirit

Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 申 represents the sound.

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show

礻 is a component form of 示.

申
申 Sound component
shēn to extend

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 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 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
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzyinCə.li[n] spirit

說文解字

《說文》：“神，天神，引出萬物者也。从示、申。”

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)