抗旱
kàng​hàn

drought-resistant

抗 kàng resist

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhangHkʰˤaŋ-s set up; oppose; protect

說文解字

《說文》：“抗，扞也。从手，亢聲。杭，抗或从木。”

Sources

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

旱 hàn drought

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 7 verified)

悍捍焊趕稈銲桿

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

稈

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthanX[g]ˤa[r]ʔ dry, drought

說文解字

《說文》：“旱，不雨也。从日，干聲。”

Sources

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