漳
Zhāng

name of a river in Henan

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

章
章 Sound component
zhāng chapter, seal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkjaŋ
Unicodedjiɑng

說文解字

濁漳，出上黨長子鹿谷山，東入清漳。清漳，出沾山大要谷，北入河。南漳，出南郡臨沮。从水章聲。

Sources

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