矿藏
kuàng​cáng HSK7

mineral resources

矿 kuàng mine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 广 represents the sound. Simplified form of 礦.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
广
广 Sound component
guǎng roof

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

藏 cáng hide

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 臧 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

臧
臧 Sound component
zāng, cáng, zàng good

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

臟

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzangm-tsʰˤaŋ store (v.)
dzangHm-tsʰˤaŋ-s store, repository (n.)

說文解字

《說文新附》：“藏，匿也。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

礦 kuàng mine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 廣 represents the sound.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
廣
廣 Sound component
guǎng wide

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷraːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang