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汪

wāng

vast

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 王 represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

王 sound component

王  Sound component

wáng, wàng

  

king

Evolution

汪 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
汪 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
汪 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

汪  

wāng

vast, extensive, deep; surname; expanse of water; ooze; (onom.) bark; classifier for liquids: pool, puddle

汪  

Wāng

surname Wang

Most common words with 汪
Freq.
Word
Meaning

汪

ooze

汪汪

gleaming with tears

汪洋

vast body of water

水汪汪

watery

汪精卫

Wang Ching-wei (1883-1944), left wing Guomingdang politician, subsequently Japanese collaborator

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʷˤaŋ

'wang

wāng

vast; pool


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 1.2013% of movies

2751st most common character in movies

1876th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Unicode

U+6C6A

Shuowen

“汪，深廣也。从水，聲。一曰汪，池也。”


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