míng​mǎng

vast and boundless

míng, mǐng, mì drizzling rain

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
Sound component
míng, mián, miàn dark

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmeːŋ
meːŋʔ
Unicodemeng

說文解字

《說文》:“溟,小雨溟溟也。从水,冥聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

mǎng vast

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
mǎng, máng thicket

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːŋʔ
maːŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang