混账
hùn​zhàng

disgraceful

混 hùn, hún to mix

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

昆
昆 Sound component
kūn elder brother

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡuːnʔ
Unicodehuə̌n

說文解字

《說文》：“混，豐流也。从水，昆聲。”

Sources

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

账 zhàng accounts Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 贝 represents the meaning and 长 represents the sound. Simplified form of 賬.

Components

贝
贝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
长
长 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

賬 accounts Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 貝 represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components

貝
貝 Meaning component
bèi sea shell
長
長 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang