瀨
lài

swift current

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

賴
賴 Sound component
lài depend on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlajHC.rˤa[t]-srapids
Zhengzhangraːds
Unicodelɑ̀i

說文解字

水流沙上也。从水賴聲。

Sources

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

濑 lài swift current Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 赖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀨.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

赖
赖 Sound component
lài depend on

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode