唤醒
huàn​xǐng

wake

唤 huàn, huan call Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 奂 represents the sound. Simplified form of 喚.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
奂
奂 Sound component
huàn be numerous

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

醒 xǐng wake up, sober up

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 星 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
星
星 Sound component
xīng a star

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsengXs-tsʰˤeŋʔ wake up

說文解字

《說文新附》：“醒，醉解也。从酉，星聲。”

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)

喚 huàn, huan call Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 奐 represents the sound.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
奐
奐 Sound component
be numerous

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːns
Unicodehuɑ̀n

說文解字

𧦝也。从口奐聲。古通用奐。

Sources

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