漫溢
màn​yì

brim over

漫 màn free, unrestrained

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

曼
曼 Sound component
màn long

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmanHmˤa[n]-s wide, limitless

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

溢 yì overflow

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 益 represents the sound. Originally written as 益.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

益
益 Sound component
yì benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartyitN-q(r)ik overflow

說文解字

《說文》：“溢，器滿也。从水，益聲。”

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)