jiǎo

a small pond

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
qiū autumn

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsliwʔ
ʔsɯw
sʰɯw
zɯwʔ
Unicodetsiou

說文解字

隘。下也。一曰有湫水,在周地。《春秋傳》曰:“晏子之宅秋隘。”安定朝𨙻有湫泉。从水秋聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica