激凸 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

jītū

bulge

jī, ji excite, provoke

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

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

敫 Sound component

jiǎo, qiāo, jiào shining light

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kek	[k]ˤewk	dam up (water)

《說文》：“激，水礙衺疾波也。从水，敫聲。一曰半遮也。”

Pictograph of a bump sticking out. Opposite of 凹.

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	dɯːd
	duːd