huāng

a watery waste

Phonosemantic compound. represents the sound and represents the meaning.

Components
亡 sound component

  Sound component

wáng

  

death

川 meaning component

  Meaning component

chuān

  

stream

Evolution

巟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
巟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
巟 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
巟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huāng

a watery waste; to reach

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)