沃壤
wò​rǎng

fertile soil

沃 wò water

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夭
夭 Sound component
yāo, wò, wāi die young

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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)

鋈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoːwɢ
Unicodeqok

說文解字

《說文》：“，溉灌也。从水，芺聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

壤 rǎng soil

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 襄 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
襄
襄 Sound component
xiāng aid

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartnyangXnaŋʔcultivated soil
Zhengzhangnjaŋʔ
Unicodenjiɑ̌ng

說文解字

柔土也。从土襄聲。

Sources

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