泼掉
pō​diào

spill

泼 po, pō splash Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 发 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潑.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

发
发 Sound component
fā, fa, fà issue

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

掉 diào fall, drop

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 卓 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

卓
卓 Sound component
zhuó, zhuō profound
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːwʔ
deːwɢs
rneːwɢ
Unicodedhèu

說文解字

《說文》：“掉，搖也。从手，卓聲。《春秋傳》曰：‘尾大不掉。’”

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)

潑 po, pō splash Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

發
發 Sound component
fā, fa, fà send out

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːd

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang