懲
chéng

punish

Components

徵
徵 Sound component
zhēng, zhǐ, chéng invade
心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart

heart

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdringm-trəŋ reprove; punish

說文解字

《說文》:“懲,也。从心,徵聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

惩 chéng punish Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 征 represents the sound. Simplified form of 懲.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
征
征 Sound component
zhēng journey

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode