亢旱
kàng​hàn

severe drought

亢 kàng, gāng, gēng high

Pictograph of a person with a line through their legs. Original meaning unclear.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (2 of 14 verified)

抗航坑杭炕吭肮闶伉钪沆颃骯頏

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkangk-ŋˤaŋ lift high

說文解字

《說文》：“亢，人頸也。从大省，象頸脈形。頏，亢或从頁。”

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)

旱 hàn drought

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 7 verified)

悍捍焊趕稈銲桿

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

稈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthanX[g]ˤa[r]ʔ dry, drought

說文解字

《說文》：“旱，不雨也。从日，干聲。”

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)