海量
hǎi liàng · HSK 7
huge volume
🌊 海量 = 海 sea + 量 quantity: a sea-sized amount, i.e. a huge volume
海 means sea and 量 means quantity or amount. Put together they describe an amount as vast as the sea: a huge volume of data, drinks, or anything countable.
海 — water radical 氵 + 每 (phonetic)
海 is a phono-semantic compound. The 氵 (water) radical signals the meaning—a vast body of water—while 每 supplies the sound. Originally referring to the sea or ocean, it later extended figuratively to mean 'vast' or 'a great quantity,' as in 人海 (a sea of people).
量 — top 旦 (sunrise) + bottom 里 (village/measure)
Originally a pictograph of a funnel or measuring vessel used to gauge grain. The form evolved to suggest weighing at sunrise (旦) over a measured area (里). It split into two readings: liáng 'to measure' (the action) and liàng 'quantity' (the result).