hōngHōng

the sound of a crash

Components

Unknown component
bāo wrap
Meaning component
yán speech

speech

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷiːn
qʰʷreːŋ
Unicodexuɛng

說文解字

騃言聲。从言,勻省聲。漢中西城有訇鄉。又讀若玄。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica