澈底

澈 chè thoroughly

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

育
育 Unknown component
yù to have children
攵
攵 Unknown component
pū tap

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdrjet[d]retclear, limpid
Zhengzhangded

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

底 dǐ bottom

Phonosemantic compound. 广 represents the meaning and 氐 represents the sound.

Components

广
广 Meaning component
guǎng roof
氐
氐 SoundMeaning component
dī, dǐ, zhī bottom

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttejXtˤijʔ bottom; stop, obstruct

說文解字

《說文》：“底，山居也。一曰下也。从广，氐聲。”

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)