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Seal Shuowen ~100 AD Regular Modern
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Depicts the sound made by many vehicles (車). The meaning later shifted to "rumble".
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Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhengzhang | qʰʷreːŋ | |
| qʰʷreːŋs | ||
| Unicode | xuəng |
說文解字
《說文》：“轟，羣車聲也。从三車。”
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)