Chinese

漲

zhǎng
to rise; to go up; to increase
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 水
  • 14 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *taŋ, *taŋʔ, *taŋs): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 張 (OC *taŋ, *taŋs).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese水 “water (Classifier: 瓶 m; 樽 c; 滴 m c; 池 m c; 盆 m c; 杯 m c)”
  • soundChinese張 “to string a bow; to pull a bowstring taut”
    • meaningChinese弓 “bow (weapon) (Classifier: 張／张)”
    • soundChinese長 “long (of distance)”

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