傍晚
bàng​wǎn HSK6

dusk

傍 bàng by side of

Someone 亻 by your side 旁; 旁 also provides the pronunciation

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person
旁
旁 SoundMeaning component
páng side

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbangH[b]ˤaŋ-sbeside; assist
bang[b]ˤaŋbeside; assist
Zhengzhangbaːŋ
baːŋs
Unicodebhɑn
bhɑn

說文解字

近也。从人㫄聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

晚 wǎn night

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

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
免
免 Sound component
miǎn (hat), avoid
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjonXm[o][r]ʔ late

說文解字

《說文》：“晚，莫也。从日，免聲。”

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)