潮汛
cháo​xùn

spring tide

潮 cháo tide

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

朝
朝 Sound component
cháo, zhāo dynasty

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjew[N]-t<r>aw morning tide

Sources

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

汛 xùn high water

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

卂
卂 Sound component
xùn to fly rapidly

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsreːls
siːns
sins

說文解字

灑也。从水卂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)