摆晃
bǎi​huàng

sway

摆 bǎi arrange, put Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 罢 represents the sound. Simplified form of 擺.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

罢
罢 Sound component
ba, bà cease

Sources

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

晃 huang, huàng, huǎng bright

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 光 represents the sound. Simplified form of 㨪.

Components

日
日 Meaning component
rì sun
光
光 Sound component
guāng light

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

幌

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːŋʔ

Sources

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

擺 bǎi arrange, put Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

罷
罷 Sound component
ba, bà cease

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpreːlʔ
Unicodebɛ̌i

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang