hēng​chàng

hum

hēng hum

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
hēng, xiǎng, pēng smoothly

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰraːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

chàng sing

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
Sound component
chāng, chàng prosperous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhangHmə-tʰaŋ-s to lead (in singing)

說文解字

《說文》:“唱,導也。从口,昌聲。”

Sources

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