脹
zhàng HSK7

swell

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 長 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

長
長 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtaŋs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

胀 zhàng swell Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 长 represents the sound. Simplified form of 脹.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

长
长 Sound component
zhǎng, cháng long

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode