hòng

confusion

Dissent among workers  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
SoundMeaning component
gōng work

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡoːŋ

說文解字

䜋也。从言工聲。《詩》曰:“蟊賊内訌。”

Sources

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

hòng confusion Simplified

Dissent among workers  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
yán speech
SoundMeaning component
gōng work

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode