kuàng​qǐ

mining company

kuàng mine Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 广 represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
广
广 Sound component
guǎng roof

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

plan a project, stand on tiptoe

Depicts a person () standing on their feet ().

Components

Iconic component
rén, ren person
Iconic component
zhǐ (foot), stop

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Shang ~1100 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkhjieXkʰeʔ stand on tiptoe
khjieHkʰeʔ-s stand on tiptoe

說文解字

《說文》:“企,舉踵也。从人,止聲。,古文企从足。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

kuàng mine Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
Sound component
guǎng wide

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷraːŋʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang