kǒng​kuàng​zhèng

agoraphobia

kǒng fear

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
gǒng secure, bind
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。”

Sources

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

kuàng extensive Simplified

A wide 广 plain under the sun 广 also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
sun
广
广 SoundMeaning component
guǎng roof

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zhèng disease

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
sick
Sound component
zhèng, zheng, zhēng correct

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjɯŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

kuàng extensive Traditional

A wide  plain under the sun  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
sun
SoundMeaning component
guǎng wide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 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-SagartkhwangH[k-m̥ ]ˤaŋ-sdesolate, waste
khwangHkʷʰˤaŋ-sbright
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːŋs
Unicodekuɑ̀ng

說文解字

明也。从日廣聲。

Sources

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