海钓 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hǎi sea

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

每 Sound component

měi every

Change in sound

海 and 每 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
海 *m̥ˤəʔ (dialect *m̥ˤ- > x-)
每 *mˤəʔ

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1)

嗨

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	xojX	m̥ˤəʔ (dialect *m̥ˤ- > x-)	sea

說文解字

《說文》：“海，天池也，以納百川者。从水，每聲。”

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)

diào fish Simplified

A metal 钅 hook 勺; 勺 also provides the pronunciation

Components

钅 Meaning component

jīn metal

勺 Sound Meaning component

sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

diào fish Traditional

A metal 釒 hook 勺; 勺 also provides the pronunciation

Components

釒 Meaning component

jīn metal

勺 Sound Meaning component

sháo, shuò, zhuó spoon

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tewH	[t]ˤewk-s	to angle
Zhengzhang		pleːwɢs
Unicode	dèu

說文解字

鉤魚也。从金勺聲。

Sources

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

海 hǎi sea

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

钓 diào fish Simplified

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釣 diào fish Traditional

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Character Evolution

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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hǎi sea

diào fish Simplified

diào fish Traditional