rángRáng

stalks of grain

Components

Meaning component
grain stalk

grain

Sound component
xiāng aid

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnjaŋ
njaŋʔ
Unicodenjiɑng
njiɑ̌ng

說文解字

黍𥟜已治者。从禾襄聲。

Sources

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