pāo​sǎ

drip

pāo throw (away) Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

SoundRemnant component
liào, niǎo to kick backward with the hind legs

Historical Pronunciations

Middle Chinese
Unicodepau

說文解字

棄也。从手从尤从力,或从手𠠵聲。案:《左氏傳》通用摽。《詩》:“摽有梅。”摽,落也。義亦同。

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

sprinkle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 西 represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

西
西 Sound component
xi, xī west

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsrɛXCə.s<r>ərʔsprinkle
sejX[s]ˤərʔwash
Zhengzhangsraːls
sɯːlʔ

說文解字

滌也。从水西聲。古文爲灑埽字。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

pāo throw (away) Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

hand

SoundRemnant component
liào, niǎo to kick backward with the hind legs

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰreːw
pʰreːws

說文解字

《說文新附》:“拋,棄也。从手,从尤〔尢〕,从力;或从手,聲。”

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

sprinkle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
beautiful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsrɛXCə.s<r>ərʔ (MC srj- > sr-)sprinkle
srɛHCə.s<r>ərʔ-s (MC srj- > sr-)sprinkle
srjeHCə.s<r>ərʔ-ssprinkle
srjeXCə.s<r>ərʔsprinkle (v.)
Zhengzhangsreːlʔ
sreːlʔ
srelʔ
srels
Unicodeshrǎ
shri
shriɛ̀
shriɛ̌
shrɛ̌i

說文解字

汛也。从水麗聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica