浩瀚
hào​hàn

boundless

浩 hào great

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

告
告 Sound component
gào tell

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthawX[ɡ]ˤuʔvast
Zhengzhangɡuːʔ
kuːb
Unicodehɑ̌u

說文解字

澆也。从水告聲。《虞書》曰：“洪水浩浩。”

Sources

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

瀚 hàn vast

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

翰
翰 Sound component
hàn writing brush

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːns
Unicodehɑ̀n

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang