赶忙
gǎn​máng HSK6

hurry

赶 gǎn pursue, catch up Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound. Simplified form of 趕.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡan
ɡʷad

說文解字

《說文》：“赶，舉尾走也。从走，干聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

忙 máng busy

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 亡 represents the sound.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

亡
亡 Sound component
wáng death

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmangmˤaŋ flurried

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

趕 gǎn pursue, catch up Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 走 represents the meaning and 旱 represents the sound.

Components

走
走 Meaning component
zǒu walk
旱
旱 Sound component
hàn drought

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːnʔ

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang