涌
yǒngchōng HSK7

surge up

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 湧.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

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 Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋʔ
Unicodeiǒng

說文解字

滕也。从水甬聲。一曰涌水，在楚國。

Sources

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