Steam 烝 provides the meaning and sound
Components
Character Evolution
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-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)
Traditional
Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 龍 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | luwng | k.rˤoŋ | cage, coop |
| luwngX | k.rˤoŋʔ | basket; cage |
說文解字
《說文》：“籠，舉土器也。一曰笭也。从竹，龍聲。”
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)