恸
tòng

sadness

Moving 动 and sad 忄; 动 also provides the pronunciation

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
动
动 SoundMeaning component
dòng move

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

慟 sadness Traditional

Moving 動 and sad 忄; 動 also provides the pronunciation

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart
動
動 SoundMeaning component
dòng move

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartduwngH[d]ˤoŋʔ-sgrieved
Zhengzhangdoːŋs
Unicodedhùng

說文解字

大哭也。从心動聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)