酣畅
hān​chàng HSK7

hearty

酣 hān, hàn 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)

畅 chàng smoothly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暢.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

暢 chàng smoothly Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaŋs
Unicodetjiɑ̀ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica