轰
hōng HSK7

rumble

Simplified form of 轟. Depicts the sound made by many vehicles (车). The meaning later shifted to "rumble".

Components

车
车 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
又
又 Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the 車 component in the traditional character 轟.

又
又 Simplified component
yòu again

Shorthand for the 車 component in the traditional character 轟.

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

轟 hōng rumble Traditional

Depicts the sound made by many vehicles (車). The meaning later shifted to "rumble".

Components

車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
車
車 Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷreːŋ
qʰʷreːŋs
Unicodexuəng

說文解字

《說文》:“轟,羣車聲也。从三車。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica