bào​cāng

overbooked

bào crackle

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
huǒ fire
Sound component
bào violent

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartpaewHpˤrawk-s explode (not pre-Qín)

說文解字

《說文》:“爆,灼也。从火,暴聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

cāng hold of ship Simplified

A ship's  cabin  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat
SoundMeaning component
cāng granary

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

cāng hold of ship Traditional

A ship's  cabin  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
zhōu boat
SoundMeaning component
cāng granary

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang