← Back to history approved by Peter Olson · Oct 12, 2021, 07:29 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Oct 12, 2021, 07:29 PM
Changed fields: hint, originalMeaning, isVerified, components, customSources, historicalPronunciations
Original meaning: cold water
Simplified form of 況. Phonosemantic compound. 冫 represents the meaning and 兄 represents the sound.
Components
氵 is a component form of 水.
Change in meaning
冫 hints at the original meaning of 况, "cold water",
which is no longer the most common meaning of 况 in modern Mandarin. Change in sound
况 and 兄 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar
in older Chinese. Historical Pronunciations