惶
huáng

fearful

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

皇
皇 Sound component
huáng royal

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋ

說文解字

恐也。从心皇聲。

Sources

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