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yìngguàn

force-feed

yìng hard

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 更 represents the sound.

Components

石 Meaning component

shí stone

更 Sound component

gèng, gēng more

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		ŋɡraːŋs
		ŋɡraːŋs
Unicode	ngɛ̀ng

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang

guàn pour

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

雚 Sound component

guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Qin 221-206 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kwanH	[C.qʷ]ˤar-s	pour, drip
Zhengzhang		koːns
Unicode	guɑ̀n

說文解字

水。出廬江雩婁，北入淮。从水雚聲。

Sources

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