荒遐
huāng​xiá

remote region

荒 huāng wasteland

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 巟 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
巟
巟 Sound component
huāng a watery waste

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 3 verified)

慌谎謊

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwangm̥ˤaŋ wasteland; uncultivated land

說文解字

《說文》：“荒，蕪也。从艸，巟聲。一曰艸淹地也。”

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)

遐 xiá afar

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

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

叚
叚 Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthæ[ɡ]ˤradistant
Zhengzhangɡraː
Unicodeha

說文解字

遠也。从辵叚聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)