掀涌
xiān​yǒng

surge

掀 xiān lift

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

欣
欣 Sound component
xīn happy, joyous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰan

說文解字

舉出也。从手欣聲。《春秋傳》曰：“掀公出於淖。”

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

涌 yǒng surge up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 湧.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋʔ
Unicodeiǒng

說文解字

滕也。从水甬聲。一曰涌水，在楚國。

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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

湧 yǒng well up Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

勈
勈 Sound component
yǒng

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeiǒng

Sources

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Unicode
Historical images
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