涌浪
yǒng​làng

swell

涌 yǒng surge up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 甬 represents the sound. Simplified form of 湧.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

甬
甬 Sound component
yǒng, tǒng, dòng path

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋʔ
Unicodeiǒng

說文解字

滕也。从水甬聲。一曰涌水，在楚國。

Sources

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

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)

湧 yǒng well up Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

勈
勈 Sound component
yǒng

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodeiǒng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica