抗涝
kàng​lào

flood control

抗 kàng resist

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhangHkʰˤaŋ-s set up; oppose; protect

說文解字

《說文》：“抗，扞也。从手，亢聲。杭，抗或从木。”

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)

涝 lào, láo inundate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 劳 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澇.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

劳
劳 Sound component
láo labor

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

澇 inundate Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 勞 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

勞
勞 Sound component
láo labor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangraːwʔ
raːws

說文解字

水。出扶風鄠，北入渭。从水勞聲。

Sources

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