遨翔

遨 áo ramble

To walk 辶 about 敖; 敖 also provides the pronunciation

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk
敖
敖 SoundMeaning component
áo, aó, ào ramble, stroll, roam

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːw

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

翔 xiáng soar

Phonosemantic compound. 羽 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

Components

羽
羽 Meaning component
yǔ feather
羊
羊 Sound component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjangs.[ɢ]aŋfly back and forth; soar
Zhengzhangljaŋ
Unicodeziɑng

說文解字

回飛也。从羽羊聲。

Sources

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