nuǎn​hōng​hōng HSK7

warm

nuǎn warm

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
yuán pull, draw, lead on

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnoːnʔ
Unicodenuɑ̌n

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

hōng bake

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰloːŋ
qʰloːŋs
ɡoːŋ
ɡloːŋs

說文解字

尞也。从火共聲。《詩》曰:“卭烘于煁。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica