yàng

overflow

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

羕 sound component

  Sound component

yàng

  

eternal

Evolution

漾 Bronze script Early Warring States (~400 BC)

Bronze script

Early Warring States (~400 BC)
漾 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
漾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
漾 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
漾 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yàng

overflow; swirl, ripple; to be tossed by waves; to overflow; to ripple; used in place names; see 漾濞[Yàng​bì]

Most common words with 漾
Freq.
Word
Meaning

荡漾

to ripple

to overflow

漾濞

Yangbi county in Yunnan province

漾濞彝族自治县

Yangbi Yizu Autonomous County in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州[Dà​lǐ​Bái​zú​zì​zhì​zhōu], Yunnan