滤液
lǜ​yè

filtrate

滤 lǜ strain out Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 虑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濾.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

虑
虑 Sound component
lǜ be concerned

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液 yè sap

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夜
夜 Sound component
yè night

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyekɢrAkfluid
Zhengzhanglaːɡ
Unicodeiɛk

說文解字

𧗁也。从水夜聲。

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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

濾 strain out Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

慮
慮 Sound component
lǜ be concerned

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangras

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang