shù

river in Shantung

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
shù art

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɦljud

說文解字

水。出青州浸。从水术聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica