污损
wū​sǔn

soil and damage

污 wū filthy

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 亏 (于) represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

于
于 Sound component
yú at

亏 and 于 both come from the same ancient character.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'waeqʷˤra impure, vile

說文解字

《說文》：“汙，薉也。一曰小池為汙。一曰涂也。从水，于聲。”

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)

损 sǔn diminish, lose Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 员 represents the sound. Simplified form of 損.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

员
员 Sound component
yuán member

Sources

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

損 sǔn diminish, lose Traditional

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

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

員
員 Sound component
yuán member

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartswonX[s-q]ʷˤə[n]ʔ diminish, damage

說文解字

《說文》：“損，減也。从手，員聲。”

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)