酣畅淋漓
hān​chàng​lín​lí

thoroughly satisfying

酣 hān, hàn enjoy intoxicants

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 甘 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
甘
甘 Sound component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartham[ɡ]ˤamhalf-drunk
Zhengzhangɢaːm
Unicodehɑm

說文解字

酒樂也。从酉从甘，甘亦聲。

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

畅 chàng smoothly Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound. Simplified form of 暢.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Sources

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Unicode

淋 lín drip, soak

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 林 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

林
林 Sound component
lín forest

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlimr[ə]m water (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“淋，以水也。从水，林聲。一曰淋淋，山下水皃。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Baxter-Sagart
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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

漓 lí pattering (of rain)

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 灕.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

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Unicode
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Zhengzhang Shangfang

暢 chàng smoothly Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 申 represents the meaning and 昜 represents the sound.

Components

申
申 Meaning component
shēn to extend
昜
昜 Sound component
yáng bright

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaŋs
Unicodetjiɑ̀ng

Sources

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