濡湿
rú​shī

moisten

濡 rú, ruǎn, ér immerse

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 (water) represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
需
需 Sound component
xū need

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuno wet, glossy

說文解字

《說文》：“濡，水。出涿郡故安，東入漆涑。从水，需聲。”

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)

湿 shī wet Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 显 represents the sound. Simplified form of 濕.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

显
显 Sound component
xiǎn evident, make visible, clear
Change in sound

Sources

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

濕 shī wet Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

㬎
㬎 Sound component
xiǎn visible, bright
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsyip[qʰ]ip to flap (sc. the ears)

說文解字

《說文》：“濕，水。出東郡東武陽，入海。从水，聲。桑欽云：出平原高唐。”

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)