汪
wāng HSK7

vast

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

王
王 Sound component
wáng king

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔwangqʷˤaŋvast; pool
Zhengzhangqʷaːŋ
qʷaːŋs
qʷaŋʔ
Unicodequɑng

說文解字

深廣也。从水王聲。一曰汪，池也。

Sources

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