甬
tǒngyǒngYǒng

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Originally depicted a bell. The lower part of the character was later reanalyzed as 用. The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts a bell handle.

用
用 Sound component
yòng, yong use

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (4 of 14 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangloŋʔ

說文解字

《說文》：“甬，艸木華甬甬然也。从，用聲。”

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)