yāng​yāng

magnificent

yāng great

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːŋʔ
qaŋ
Unicodeqiɑng

說文解字

滃也。从水央聲。

Sources

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