Simplified
Traditional
Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 僉 represents the sound.
Components
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | ɡ·reːmʔ | |
| skʰlam | ||
| kramʔ | ||
| Unicode | læ̌m |
Sources
- Character origin
- 漢語多功能字庫
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Zhengzhang Shangfang
Traditional
Original meaning: tall house
Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound. The meaning later extended to "huge" and "disorderly".
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | baewng | [b]ˤroŋ | huge |
說文解字
《說文》：“龐，高屋也。从广，龍聲。”
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)