沼
zhǎo HSK7

lake

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

召
召 Sound component
zhào summon

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyewXtawʔpool
Zhengzhangtjewʔ
Unicodejiɛ̌u

說文解字

池水。从水召聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)