chéng

punish

Components

Sound component
zhēng, zhǐ, chéng invade
Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdringm-trəŋ reprove; punish

說文解字

《說文》:“懲,也。从心,徵聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chéng punish Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
Sound component
zhēng journey

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode