憧
chōng

irresolute

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

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

童
童 Sound component
tóng child

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrdoːŋs
tʰjoŋ

說文解字

意不定也。从心童聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica