窜红
cuàn​hóng

skyrocket

窜 cuàn run away Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 穴 represents the meaning and 串 represents the sound. Simplified form of 竄.

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
串
串 Sound component
chuàn string

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

蹿撺镩

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红 hóng red Simplified

Simplified form of 紅. Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

荭

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竄 cuàn run away Traditional

Depicts a mouse (鼠) scurrying out of a hole (穴).

Components

穴
穴 Meaning component
xué, jué cave
鼠
鼠 Meaning component
shǔ rat

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

攛躥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttshwanH[tsʰ]ˤo[n]-s hide; flee

說文解字

《說文》：“竄，墜也。从鼠在穴中。”

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)

紅 hóng red Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

工
工 Sound component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthuwnggˤoŋ pink

說文解字

《說文》：“紅，帛赤白色。从糸，工聲。”

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)