hang

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
benefit

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

hang Traditional

Components

Meaning component
silk

thread

Sound component
benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔejHqˤ[i]k-sstrangle
ʔjieHq[i]k-sstrangle
Zhengzhangqleːɡs
qleɡs

說文解字

經也。从糸益聲。《春秋傳》曰:“夷姜縊。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica