辽阔
liáo​kuò HSK7

vast

辽 liáo distant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 了 represents the sound. Simplified form of 遼.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

了
了 Sound component
le, liǎo, liào finish

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

阔 kuò broad Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 活 represents the sound. Simplified form of 闊.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
活
活 Sound component
huó, huo live

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

遼 liáo distant Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 尞 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

尞
尞 Sound component
liào, liáo burnt offering

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːw
Unicodeleu

說文解字

遠也。从辵尞聲。

Sources

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

闊 kuò broad Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 活 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
活
活 Sound component
huó, huo live

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhwat[k]ʰˤot契闊 khet.khwat hard-working (Ode 31.4)
khwat[k]ʷʰˤatwidely apart
Zhengzhangkʰoːd
Unicodekuɑt

說文解字

䟽也。从門𣴠聲。

Sources

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