醒豁
xǐng​huò

clear

醒 xǐng wake up, sober up

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

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
星
星 Sound component
xīng a star

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsengXs-tsʰˤeŋʔ wake up

說文解字

《說文新附》：“醒，醉解也。从酉，星聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

豁 huō open up

Phonosemantic compound. 谷 represents the meaning and 害 represents the sound.

Components

谷
谷 Meaning component
gǔ valley, ravine
害
害 Sound component
hài, hai injure

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːd
Unicodexuɑt

Sources

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