hòng HSK7

boisterous

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
fight
Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthuwngH[ɡ]ˤoŋ-squarrel, fight
Zhengzhangɡroːŋs
ɡloːŋs

說文解字

鬭也。从鬥共聲。《孟子》曰:“鄒與魯鬨。”

Sources

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