xiáng

village school

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof

building

Sound component
yáng sheep

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjangs-[ɢ]aŋschool
Zhengzhangljaŋ

說文解字

禮官養老。夏曰校,殷曰庠,周曰序。从广羊聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica