夷旷
yí​kuàng

broad-minded

夷 yí ancient barbarian tribes

Original meaning: level

Originally depicted a rope wrapped around an arrow. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 5 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyijləj level, peaceful
yijləj foreigner (especially to the east)

說文解字

《說文》：“夷，平也。从大，从弓。東方之人也。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.764-765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)

旷 kuàng extensive Simplified

A wide 广 plain under the sun 日; 广 also provides the pronunciation

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
广
广 SoundMeaning component
guǎng roof

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

曠 kuàng extensive Traditional

A wide 廣 plain under the sun 日; 廣 also provides the pronunciation

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
廣
廣 SoundMeaning component
guǎng wide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhwangH[k-m̥ ]ˤaŋ-sdesolate, waste
khwangHkʷʰˤaŋ-sbright
Zhengzhangkʰʷaːŋs
Unicodekuɑ̀ng

說文解字

明也。从日廣聲。

Sources

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