泓
hóng

clear water

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Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弘 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
弘
弘 SoundMeaning component
hóng vast

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʷrɯːŋ

說文解字

《說文》:“泓,下深皃。从水,弘聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica