洪堡
Hóng​bǎo

Humboldt

洪 hóng flood

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡloːŋ
Unicodehung

說文解字

《說文》：“洪，洚水也。从水，共聲。”

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)

堡 bǎo fortress

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

Components

保
保 SoundMeaning component
bǎo protect

保 also serves as a meaning component.

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpuːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang