鄣
zhāng

name of an ancient city in N. Jiangsu

Components

章
章 Sound component
zhāng chapter, seal
阝
阝 Meaning component
fù hill, place

city

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkjaŋ

說文解字

紀邑也。从邑章聲。

Sources

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