盎
àng

cup

Phonosemantic compound. 皿 represents the meaning and 央 represents the sound.

Components

皿
皿 Meaning component
mǐn, mǐng dish
央
央 Sound component
yāng beg

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqaːŋʔ
qaːŋs
Unicodeqɑ̀ng
qɑ̌ng

說文解字

盆也。从皿央聲。

Sources

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