潑
pō HSK5

splash

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

發
發 Sound component
fā, fa, fà send out

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːd

Sources

Character origin
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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

泼 po, pō splash Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 发 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潑.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

发
发 Sound component
fā, fa, fà issue

Sources

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