Wàng zhe hàohàn de dàhǎi, tā gǎndào zìjǐ miǎoxiǎo.
Gazing at the vast ocean, he felt how small he was.
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history
Rarely used alone today, found in literary doublets like 灏茫 (vast and hazy) and in given names. It is the water radical 氵 plus phonetic 颢; its sense overlaps with 浩 (vast).
register
Literary only; appears in classical-flavored prose and names, not in everyday speech.
The three-drop water radical, 水 in left-side form. It supplies the meaning, framing the word as the boundless spread of water, the same family as 浩 and 海.
Fills the right side and carries the sound hào. It is itself an uncommon graph ending in 页; here it contributes pronunciation, with a faint flavor of bright whiteness.
