殃
yāng HSK7

misfortune

Phonosemantic compound. 歹 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

歹
歹 Meaning component
dǎi, è, dāi evil, bad
央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjangʔaŋcalamity
Zhengzhangqaŋ

說文解字

咎也。从歺央聲。

Sources

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