遗漏
yí​lòu

omit

遗 yí lose, leave behind Simplified

Simplified form of 遺. Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 贵 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

贵
贵 Sound component
guì expensive
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

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

漏 lòu leak

Originally written as 屚, which depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋). The 氵 (water) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

屚
屚 SoundIconic component
lòu to leak

Depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋).

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluwH[Nə-r]ˤok-s leak (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“漏，以銅受水刻節，晝夜百刻。从水，屚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1011, 1025許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.204
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

遺 yí lose, leave behind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 辶 represents the meaning and 貴 represents the sound.

Components

辶
辶 Meaning component
chuò walk

辶 is a component form of 辵.

貴
貴 Sound component
guì expensive
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartywijH[ɢ](r)uj-s to present
ywij[ɢ](r)uj leave; reject

說文解字

《說文》：“遺，亡也。从辵，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)