泻湖
xiè​hú

lagoon

泻 xiè drain off Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 写 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀉.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

写
写 Sound component
xiě write

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

湖 hú a lake

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

胡
胡 Sound component
hú beard

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthu[g]ˤa lake

說文解字

《說文》：“湖，大陂也。从水，胡聲。揚州浸有五湖。浸，川澤所仰以灌溉也。”

Sources

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

瀉 drain off Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

寫
寫 Sound component
xiě write

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjæXs-qʰAʔto drain off
Zhengzhangsjaːʔ
sjaːɡs
Unicodesiǎ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang