泄洪闸
xiè​hóng​zhá

sluice gate

泄 xiè leak Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 世 represents the sound. Simplified form of 洩.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

世
世 Sound component
shì generation

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjets-latleak, ooze
yejHlat-sleak, ooze
Zhengzhanglebs
sled
Unicodesiɛt

說文解字

水。受九江博安洵波，北入氐。从水丗聲。

Sources

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
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Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

洪 hóng flood

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
共
共 Sound component
gòng together with

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡloːŋ
Unicodehung

說文解字

《說文》：“洪，洚水也。从水，共聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

闸 zhá sluice Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 门 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound. Simplified form of 閘.

Components

门
门 Meaning component
mén, men door
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

洩 xiè, yì leak Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

曳
曳 Sound component
yè pull, drag

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangleds
Unicodeiɛ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

閘 zhá sluice Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 門 represents the meaning and 甲 represents the sound.

Components

門
門 Meaning component
mén, men door
甲
甲 Sound component
jiǎ, jia 1st heavenly stem, fingernail

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangklaːb
sɡreːb
qraːb

說文解字

開閉門也。从門甲聲。

Sources

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