恢恢
huī​huī

vast

恢 huī restore

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 灰 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

灰
灰 Sound component
huī ashes

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkm̥ʰɯː
Unicodekuəi

說文解字

《說文》：“恢，大也。从心，灰聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)