薨
hōng

death of prince

Components

艹
艹 Unknown component
cao, cǎo grass
罒
罒 Sound component
wǎng net or eye
冖
冖 Unknown component
mì cover
死
死 Meaning component
sǐ die

death

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwongm̥ ˤəŋto die (of king or prince)
Zhengzhanghmɯːŋ

說文解字

公矦𣨛也。从死,瞢省聲。

Sources

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