慌
huāng HSK5

nervous

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

荒
荒 Sound component
huāng wasteland

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxwangXm̥ ˤaŋʔconfused
Zhengzhanghmaːŋ
hmaːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang