cáo

transport by water

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
cáo plaintiff and defendant

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangzluː
zluːs
Unicodedzhɑ̀u

說文解字

水轉轂也。一曰人之所乘及船也。从水曹聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica