cuǐ

having the appearance of depth

A deep  pool  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
cuī high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰluːlʔ

說文解字

深也。从水崔聲。《詩》曰:“有漼者淵。”

Sources

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