xiā​huàng

roam

xiā blind

To damage  one's eyes  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
eye
SoundMeaning component
hài, hai injure

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰraːd

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

huang, huàng, huǎng bright

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
sun
Sound component
guāng light

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋʔ

Sources

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