泌
mìbì HSK7

to seep out

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

必
必 Sound component
bì surely

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmpriɡs
priɡ
bliɡ

說文解字

俠流也。从水必聲。

Sources

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