biāo​zhǎng

skyrocket

biāo whirlwind Simplified

Storm  winds  also provides the pronunciation

Components

SoundMeaning component
biāo wind
Meaning component
fēng wind

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
zhāng stretch

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

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

zhǎng, zhàng rise in price Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zhāng stretch

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtaŋ
taŋʔ
taŋs
Unicodedzhiɑ̀ng

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang