罄
qìng

exhaust

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 殸 represents the sound.

Components

缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery
殸
殸 Sound component
qìng, kēng, shēng stone chimes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhengH[kʰ]ˤeŋ-sempty; exhaustively
Zhengzhangkʰeːŋs

說文解字

器中空也。从缶殸聲。殸，古文磬字。《詩》云：“缾之罄矣。”

Sources

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