xiē​huáng

warship

xiē rest

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient
Sound component
hé, è, hè why? what? where?

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjotqʰatcease, rest (v.)
Zhengzhangqʰad
Unicodexiæt

說文解字

息也。一曰气越泄。从欠曷聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

huáng fast boat

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat

boat

Sound component
huáng royal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋ

說文解字

艅艎也。从舟皇聲。

Sources

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