碭
dàng

brilliantly colored stone with veined patterns in it

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdangHlˤaŋ-sveined stone
Zhengzhangl'aːŋ
l'aːŋs

說文解字

文石也。从石昜聲。

Sources

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

砀 dàng brilliantly colored stone with veined patterns in it Simplified

A bright 昜 stone 石; 昜 also provides the pronunciation

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
昜
昜 SoundMeaning component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode