觞
shāng

wine vessel

Components

角
角 Meaning component
jiǎo, jué horn

horn

昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

觴 wine vessel Traditional

Components

角
角 Meaning component
jiǎo, jué horn

horn

昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyangl̥ aŋgoblet
Zhengzhanghljaŋ
Unicodeshiɑng

說文解字

觶實曰觴，虚曰觶。从角，𥏻省聲。

Sources

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