涞源

涞 lái river in Hebei province Simplified

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

来
来 Sound component
lái come

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

源 yuán spring

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

原
原 SoundMeaning component
yuán source

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngjwonN-ɢʷar spring, source

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

淶 river in Hebei province Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

來
來 Sound component
lái come

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯː

說文解字

水。起北地廣昌，東入河。从水來聲。幷州浸。

Sources

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