jiǒng

bright

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire

fire

Sound component
jiōng, jiǒng a desert

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷeːŋʔ
ɡʷeːŋʔ

說文解字

光也。从火冋聲。

Sources

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