泼辣
pō​la

forceful

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

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辣 là spicy

Phonosemantic compound. 辛 represents the meaning and a remnant of 剌 represents the sound.

Components

辛
辛 Meaning component
xīn laborious
剌
剌 SoundRemnant component
lá, là cut, slash

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlatmə.rˤat
(~ C.rˤat ?)		spicy-hot

Sources

Character origin
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Baxter-Sagart

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
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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang