biāo​hàn

sweat profusely

biāo whirlwind Simplified

Storm  winds  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
biāo wind
Meaning component
fēng wind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

hàn sweat

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthanHCə.[g]ˤa[r]-s sweat (n.)

說文解字

《說文》:“汗,人液也。从水,干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

whirlwind Traditional

Storm  winds  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
biāo wind
Meaning component
fēng wind

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpew
Unicodebiɛu

說文解字

扶搖風也。从風猋聲。

Sources

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