洪熙
Hóng Xī

Hongxi

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)

熙 xī bright

Components

巸
巸 Sound component
yí large chin
灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

fire

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxiqʰ(r)əsplendor
Zhengzhangqʰlɯ
Unicodexiə

說文解字

燥也。从火巸聲。

Sources

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