朗诵
lǎng​sòng HSK7

recite

朗 lǎng clear, bright

Phonosemantic compound. 月 represents the meaning and 良 represents the sound.

Components

良
良 Sound component
liáng good
月
月 Meaning component
yuè, yue moon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlangXk.rˤaŋʔ bright

說文解字

《說文》：“朗，明也。从月，良聲。”

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)

诵 sòng recite Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 誦.

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

讠 is a component form of 言.

甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誦 sòng recite Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound.

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech
甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartzjowngHsə-[l]oŋ-srecite
Zhengzhangljoŋs
Unicodeziòng

說文解字

諷也。从言甬聲。

Sources

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