響
xiǎng HSK2

make sound

Phonosemantic compound. 音 represents the meaning and 鄉 represents the sound.

Components

鄉
鄉 Sound component
xiāng hometown
音
音 Meaning component
yīn sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxjangXqʰaŋʔ echo

說文解字

聲也。从音鄉聲。

Sources

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

响 xiǎng make sound Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 向 represents the sound. Simplified form of 響.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
向
向 Sound component
xiàng toward

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode