huáhuōhuò HSK7

open up

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
valley, ravine
Sound component
hài, hai injure

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰʷaːd
Unicodexuɑt

Sources

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