酣
hān HSK7

enjoy intoxicants

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
甘
甘 Sound component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartham[ɡ]ˤamhalf-drunk
Zhengzhangɢaːm
Unicodehɑm

說文解字

酒樂也。从酉从甘，甘亦聲。

Sources

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