鼾
hān

snore loudly

Phonosemantic compound. 鼻 represents the meaning and 干 represents the sound.

Components

鼻
鼻 Meaning component
bí nose
干
干 Sound component
gàn, gān interfere

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangqʰaːn
ɢaːns

說文解字

臥息也。从鼻干聲。讀若汗。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)