杭
Háng

cross stream

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 亢 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
亢
亢 Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthang[m]-[ɡ]ˤaŋto go by boat
Zhengzhangɡaːŋ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica