邢
Xíng

surname

Phonosemantic compound. 阝 represents the meaning and 开 represents the sound.

Components

阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

阝 is a component form of 阜.

开
开 Sound component
kāi open

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartheng[ɡ]ˤeŋXíng (place name)
Zhengzhangɡeːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica