轰赶
hōng​gǎn

drive away

轰 hōng rumble Simplified

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

赶 gǎn pursue, catch up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 趕.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡan
ɡʷad

說文解字

《說文》：“赶，舉尾走也。从走，干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

趕 gǎn pursue, catch up Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
旱
旱 Sound component
hàn drought

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːnʔ

Sources

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