舒畅
shū​chàng HSK7

carefree

舒 shū relax

Phonosemantic compound. 舍 represents the meaning and 予 represents the sound.

Components

舍
舍 Meaning component
shě, shè residence
予
予 Sound component
yǔ give
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyol̥a slow, easy

說文解字

《說文》：“舒，伸也。从舍，从予，予亦聲。一曰：舒，緩也。”

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)

畅 chàng smoothly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暢.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

暢 chàng smoothly Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaŋs
Unicodetjiɑ̀ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica