羕
yàng

eternal

Phonosemantic compound. 永 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

永
永 SoundMeaning component
yǒng long
羊
羊 Sound component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

漾樣

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyangH[ɢ](r)aŋʔ-s long

說文解字

《說文》：“羕，水長也。从永，羊聲。《詩》曰：‘江之羕矣。’”

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)