蒸湘 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

zhēng steam

Steam 烝 provides the meaning and sound

Components

艹 Meaning component

cao, cǎo grass

烝 Meaning component

zhēng rise

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsying	təŋ	twigs as firewood
Zhengzhang		kljɯŋ
Unicode	jiəng
	jiɛng

說文解字

折麻中榦也。从艸烝聲。

Sources

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

xiāng Hunan province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 相 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

相 Sound component

xiāng, xiàng mutual

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		slaŋ
Unicode	siɑng

說文解字

水。出零陵陽海山，北入江。从水相聲。

Sources

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