huǎnghuàng

bright

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
日 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

sun

光 sound component

  Sound component

guāng

  

light

Evolution

晃 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
晃 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
晃 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huǎng

bright, dazzling; to sway, shake; to dazzle; to flash past

 

huàng

to sway; to shake; to wander about

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huǎng

variant of [huǎng]

Most common words with 晃
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to sway

摇晃

to rock

晃动

to sway

一晃

(of a sight) in a flash

晃悠

to swing

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)