航速
háng​sù

speed

航 háng sail, ship

Phonosemantic compound. 舟 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

Components

舟
舟 Meaning component
zhōu boat
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːŋ
Unicodehɑng

Sources

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

速 sù quick

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 束 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

束
束 Sound component
shù bind

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsuwk[s]ˤok invite
suwk[s]ˤok rapid

說文解字

疾也。从辵束聲。

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)