páng​guāng

bladder

bǎng wing, upper arm

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh
SoundMeaning component
páng side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbaːŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“膀,脅也。从肉,聲。髈,膀或从骨。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

guāng bladder

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of .

Sound component
guāng light

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang