豔
yàn

plump

Phonosemantic compound. 盍 represents the meaning and 豐 represents the sound.

Components

盍
盍 Meaning component
hé what? why not?
豐
豐 Sound component
abundant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhanglams
Unicodeiɛ̀m

說文解字

好而長也。从豐。豐，大也。盇聲。《春秋傳》曰：“美而豔。”

Sources

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