yōng

embrace

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Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

Sound component
yōng harmony

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqoŋ
qoŋʔ
Unicodeqiǒng

說文解字

《說文》:“,抱也。从手,雝聲。”

Sources

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