晃晃悠悠
huàng​huang​yōu​yōu

swaying

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

悠 yōu long

Phonosemantic compound. 心 represents the meaning and 攸 represents the sound.

Components

心
心 Meaning component
xīn, xin heart
攸
攸 Sound component
yōu distant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Jin 266-420 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyuwliwlong-brooding
Zhengzhanglɯw
Unicodeiou

說文解字

憂也。从心攸聲。

Sources

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