暖洋洋 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

nuǎnyángyáng

warm and cozy

nuǎn warm

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 爰 represents the sound.

日 Meaning component

rì sun

爰 Sound component

yuán pull, draw, lead on

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		noːnʔ
Unicode	nuɑ̌n

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

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

羊 Sound component

yáng sheep

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Baxter-Sagart	yang	ɢ(r)aŋ	'great expanse of water'

《說文》：“洋，水。出齊臨朐高山，東北入鉅定。从水，羊聲。”