浪涛
làng​tāo

billows

浪 làng wave

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

良
良 Sound component
liáng good

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒗

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlang[r]ˤaŋ (name of a river)

說文解字

《說文》：“浪，滄浪水也。南入江。从水，良聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

涛 tāo large waves Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 寿 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濤.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

寿
寿 Sound component
shòu old age

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

濤 tāo large waves Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

壽
壽 Sound component
shòu old age

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangduː
duː
Unicodedhɑu

說文解字

大波也。从水壽聲。

Sources

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