浩淼
hào​miǎo

vast

浩 hào great

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

告
告 Sound component
gào tell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthawX[ɡ]ˤuʔvast
Zhengzhangɡuːʔ
kuːb
Unicodehɑ̌u

說文解字

澆也。从水告聲。《虞書》曰：“洪水浩浩。”

Sources

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

淼 miǎo a wide expanse of water

Water 水 everywhere

Components

水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water
水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water
水
水 Meaning component
shuǐ water

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmewʔ
Unicodemiɛ̌u

說文解字

大水也。从三水。或作渺。

Sources

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