洋镐
yáng​gǎo

pickaxe

洋 yáng ocean

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

羊
羊 Sound component
yáng sheep

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyangɢ(r)aŋ 'great expanse of water'

說文解字

《說文》：“洋，水。出齊臨朐高山，東北入鉅定。从水，羊聲。”

Sources

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

镐 hào, gǎo stove Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鎬.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

高
高 Sound component
gāo high

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鎬 stove Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

高
高 Sound component
gāo high

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːwʔ
Unicodehɑ̌u

說文解字

温器也。从金高聲。武王所都，在長安西上林苑中，字亦如此。

Sources

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