泅
qiú

swim

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

囚
囚 Sound component
qiú prisoner

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjuw[s-N].ruswim
Zhengzhanglju

Sources

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