拱状
gǒng​zhuàng

arched

拱 gǒng fold hands on breast

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkjowngXk(r)oŋʔjoin the hands
Zhengzhangkloŋʔ
Unicodegiǒng

說文解字

斂手也。从手共聲。

Sources

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

状 zhuàng form, shape Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 丬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 狀.

Components

丬
丬 Sound component
qiáng piece of wood

丬 is a component form of 爿.

犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

狀 zhuàng form, shape Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 犬 represents the meaning and 爿 represents the sound.

Components

爿
爿 Sound component
pán, qiáng piece of wood
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdzrjangH[dz]raŋ-s form, appearance

說文解字

《說文》：“狀，犬形也。从犬，爿聲。”

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)