瓢泼
piáo​pō

pouring

瓢 piáo ladle made from dried gourd

Phonosemantic compound. 瓜 represents the meaning and 票 represents the sound.

Components

瓜
瓜 Meaning component
guā melon
票
票 Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbjiew(Cə.)[b]ewgourd
Zhengzhangbew
Unicodebhiɛu

說文解字

蠡也。从瓠省，㶾聲。

Sources

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

泼 po, pō splash Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 发 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潑.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

发
发 Sound component
fā, fa, fà issue

Sources

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

潑 po, pō splash Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

發
發 Sound component
fā, fa, fà send out

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːd

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang