旷渺
kuàng​miǎo

vast and remote

旷 kuàng extensive Simplified

A wide 广 plain under the sun 日; 广 also provides the pronunciation

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
广
广 SoundMeaning component
guǎng roof

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

渺 miǎo endlessly long

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

眇
眇 Sound component
miǎo, miào blind in one eye

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjiewX[m]ewʔvast (of water)
Zhengzhangmewʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌u

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

曠 kuàng extensive Traditional

A wide 廣 plain under the sun 日; 廣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
廣
廣 SoundMeaning component
guǎng wide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhwangH[k-m̥ ]ˤaŋ-sdesolate, waste
khwangHkʷʰˤaŋ-sbright
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːŋs
Unicodekuɑ̀ng

說文解字

明也。从日廣聲。

Sources

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