浓烈
nóng​liè

strong

浓 nóng thick Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 农 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濃.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

农
农 Sound component
nóng agriculture, farming

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode

烈 liè fiery, intense

Phonosemantic compound. 灬 represents the meaning and 列 represents the sound.

Components

列
列 Sound component
liè arrange
灬
灬 Meaning component
biāo, huǒ fire

灬 is a component form of 火.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Xin 9-23 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljet[r]at blazing; brilliant

說文解字

《說文》：“烈，火猛也。从火，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)

濃 nóng thick Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

農
農 Sound component
nóng agriculture, farming

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnrjowngn<r>oŋ thick (esp. as a liquid); strong (sc. drink)

說文解字

《說文》：“濃，露多也。从水，農聲。《詩》曰：‘零露濃濃。’”

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)