挥霍
huī​huò

agile

挥 huī wave, brandish Simplified

Simplified form of 揮. Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 军 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

军
军 Sound component
jūn army
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

霍 huò, hè, suǒ quickly

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
隹
隹 Sound component
zhuī, cuī, wéi bird

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

藿嚯攉

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

攉

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːɡ
Unicodexuɑk

說文解字

《說文》：“靃，飛聲也，雨而雙飛者其聲靃然。”

Sources

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

揮 huī wave, brandish Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

軍
軍 Sound component
jūn army
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Western Zhou 1045-771 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxjw+jqʷʰər wave, brandish

說文解字

《說文》：“揮，奮也。从手，軍聲。”

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)