Mi(luo) river in Hunan province where Qu Yuan drowned himself

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
sun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartmekm.nˤik(name of a river)
Zhengzhangmeːɡ
Unicodemek

說文解字

長沙汨羅淵,屈原所沈之水。从水,冥省聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica