濃
nóng HSK4

thick

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

農
農 Sound component
nóng agriculture, farming

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnrjowngn<r>oŋ thick (esp. as a liquid); strong (sc. drink)

說文解字

《說文》：“濃，露多也。从水，農聲。《詩》曰：‘零露濃濃。’”

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)