淘析
táo​xī

elutriate

淘 táo wash in sieve

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

匋
匋 Sound component
táo, yáo pottery

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl'uː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

析 xī to separate

Depicts chopping wood (木) with an axe (斤).

Components

木
木 Iconic component
mù tree
斤
斤 Iconic component
jīn axe

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 5 verified)

晰蜥皙淅菥

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsek[s]ˤek split (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“析，破木也。一曰折也。从木，从斤。”

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)