yōngYōng

former or literary name for Nanning (in Guangxi)

The area  around a river 

Components

Meaning component
chuān, shùn river
Meaning component
yì, è city

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartʔjowng[q](r)oŋ (< *[q](r)om)city moat
Zhengzhangqoŋ
Unicodeqiong

說文解字

四方有水,自邕城池者。从川从邑。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica