榛莽
zhēn​mǎng

overgrowth

榛 zhēn hazelnut

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

tree

秦
秦 Sound component
qín feudal state of Qin

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrintsri[n]hazel
Zhengzhangʔsrin
Unicodejrin

說文解字

木也。从木秦聲。一曰菆也。

Sources

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

莽 mǎng, máng thicket

A dog 犬 surrounded by weeds 茻

Components

茻
茻 Meaning component
mǎng, mǔ vegetation, overgrown weeds
犬
犬 Meaning component
quǎn dog

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

蟒漭

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangmaːŋʔ
moːʔ
maːʔ
Unicodemɑ̌ng

說文解字

《說文》：“莽，南昌謂犬善逐兔艸中為莽。从犬从茻，茻亦聲。”

Sources

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