横桁帆
héng​héng​fān

boom sail

横 héng across Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 黄 represents the sound. Simplified form of 橫.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
黄
黄 Sound component
huáng yellow

說文解字

闌木也。从木黃聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

桁 héng, háng, hàng cross-beams of roof

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree

wood

行
行 Sound component
xíng, háng walk

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthæng[ɡ]ˤraŋwooden lid
Zhengzhangɡaːŋ
ɡraːŋ
Unicodehɑ̀ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

帆 fān sail

Phonosemantic compound. 巾 represents the meaning and 凡 represents the sound. Simplified form of 㠶.

Components

巾
巾 Meaning component
jīn cloth
凡
凡 Sound component
fán all

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangbom
boms
Unicodebhiæm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

橫 héng across Traditional

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

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
黃
黃 Sound component
huáng yellow

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwængC.ɡʷˤraŋcrosswise; horizontal
Zhengzhangɡʷraːŋ
ɡʷraːŋs
kʷaːŋ
Unicodehuæng
guɑ̀ng

Sources

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