擦澡
cā​zǎo

sponge bath

擦 cā wipe

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 察 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

察
察 Sound component
chá examine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰlaːd

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

澡 zǎo wash

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

喿
喿 Sound component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

藻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsawXmə-tsˤawʔ wash (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“澡，洒手也。从水，喿聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)