花洒
huā​sǎ

showerhead

花 huā, hua flower

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 化 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

化
化 Sound component
huà change

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxwaeqʷʰˤra flower (n.)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
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Unicode
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Baxter-Sagart

洒 sǎ sprinkle Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 西 represents the sound. Simplified form of 灑.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

西
西 Sound component
xi, xī west

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsrɛXCə.s<r>ərʔsprinkle
sejX[s]ˤərʔwash
Zhengzhangsraːls
sɯːlʔ

說文解字

滌也。从水西聲。古文爲灑埽字。

Sources

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

灑 sprinkle Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

麗
麗 Sound component
lì beautiful

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsrɛXCə.s<r>ərʔ (MC srj- > sr-)sprinkle
srɛHCə.s<r>ərʔ-s (MC srj- > sr-)sprinkle
srjeHCə.s<r>ərʔ-ssprinkle
srjeXCə.s<r>ərʔsprinkle (v.)
Zhengzhangsreːlʔ
sreːlʔ
srelʔ
srels
Unicodeshrǎ
shri
shriɛ̀
shriɛ̌
shrɛ̌i

說文解字

汛也。从水麗聲。

Sources

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