abruptly

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
what? why not?

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːbs
kʰoːb
kʰaːb

說文解字

奄忽也。从水盍聲。

Sources

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