葵涌
Kuí​chōng

Kwai Chung

葵 kuí sunflower

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

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

癸
癸 Sound component
guǐ 10th heavenly stem

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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-Sagartgjwijgʷij mallow

說文解字

《說文》：“葵，菜也。从艸，癸聲。”

Sources

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

涌 yǒng surge up

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 湧.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋʔ
Unicodeiǒng

說文解字

滕也。从水甬聲。一曰涌水，在楚國。

Sources

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