穹隆
qióng​lóng

dome

穹 qióng, qiōng, kōng high and vast

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 弓 represents the sound.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
弓
弓 Sound component
gōng bow

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰʷɯŋ
Unicodekiung

說文解字

窮也。从穴弓聲。

Sources

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

隆 lóng, lōng prosperous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Xin 9-23 AD
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 Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

窿癃

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljuwng[r]uŋsound of thunder
ljuwng[r]uŋ (< * -[u]m)high; ample; eminent
Zhengzhangɡ·ruːŋ
Unicodeliung

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica