暢
chàng

smoothly

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaŋs
Unicodetjiɑ̀ng

Sources

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

畅 chàng smoothly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暢.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode