湿润剂 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

shī wet Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 显 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濕.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

显 Sound component

xiǎn evident, make visible, clear

Change in sound

湿 and 显 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

rùn moist Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 闰 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潤.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

闰 Sound component

rùn extra month

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode

jì medicinal preparation Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 齐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 劑.

Components

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

齐 Sound component

qí even

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

shī wet Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

water

㬎 Sound component

xiǎn visible, bright

Change in sound

濕 and 㬎 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
濕 *[qʰ]ip
㬎 *qʰˤenʔ

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	syip	[qʰ]ip	to flap (sc. the ears)

說文解字

《說文》：“濕，水。出東郡東武陽，入海。从水，聲。桑欽云：出平原高唐。”

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)

rùn moist Traditional

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

閏 Sound component

extra month

Character Evolution

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		njuns
Unicode	njuìn

說文解字

《說文》：“潤，水曰潤下。从水，閏聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

jì medicinal preparation Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 刂 represents the meaning and 齊 represents the sound.

Components

刂 Meaning component

dāo knife

刂 is a component form of 刀.

齊 Sound component

qí even, uniform

Character Evolution

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	zliːls
	ʔslel

說文解字

齊也。从刀从齊，齊亦聲。

Sources

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

湿 shī wet Simplified

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润 rùn moist Simplified

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剂 jì medicinal preparation Simplified

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濕 shī wet Traditional

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潤 rùn moist Traditional

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劑 jì medicinal preparation Traditional

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shī wet Simplified

rùn moist Simplified

jì medicinal preparation Simplified

shī wet Traditional

rùn moist Traditional

jì medicinal preparation Traditional