沂
yí

river in southeast Shandong

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

斤
斤 Sound component
jīn axe

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngjɨj[ŋ]ər (< uvular)(mountain and river in Shandong)
Zhengzhangŋɡɯl

說文解字

水。出東海費東，西入泗。从水斤聲。一曰沂水，出泰山蓋青州浸。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)