敞
chǎng HSK7

roomy

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 尚 represents the sound.

Components

攵
攵 Meaning component
pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 2 verified)

氅廠

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhangXtʰaŋʔ open, spacious

說文解字

《說文》：“敞，平治高土，可以遠望也。从攴，尚聲。”

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)