沿洄
yán​huí

go with the stream

沿 yán, yàn follow a course

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

㕣
㕣 Sound component
yǎn a marsh at the foot of the hills

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartywenlon go along (a river); follow

說文解字

《說文》：“沿，緣水而下也。从水，聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘王沿夏。’”

Sources

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

洄 huí, huì a back-water

Swirling 回 water 氵; 回 also provides the pronunciation

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
回
回 SoundMeaning component
huí return

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡuːl
Unicodehuəi

說文解字

㴑洄也。从水从回。

Sources

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