禳
ráng

pray or sacrifice

To pray 礻for help 襄; 襄 also provides the pronunciation

Components

礻
礻 Meaning component
shì show
襄
襄 SoundMeaning component
xiāng aid

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangnjaŋ

說文解字

磔禳祀，除癘殃也。古者燧人禜子所造。从示襄聲。

Sources

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