mǎng​zhuàng

reckless

mǎng, máng thicket

A dog  surrounded by weeds 

Components

Meaning component
mǎng, mǔ vegetation, overgrown weeds
Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːŋʔ
moːʔ
maːʔ
Unicodemɑ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》:“莽,南昌謂犬善逐兔艸中為莽。从犬从茻,茻亦聲。”

Sources

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

zhuàng knock against

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

is a component form of .

Sound component
tóng child
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraewng[N-t]ˤ<r>oŋ strike
draewngHN-tˤ<r>oŋ-s strike

說文解字

《說文》:“撞,卂擣也。从手,童聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica