霞浦

霞 xiá rosy clouds

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 叚 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
叚
叚 Sound component
jiǎ, xiá false

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡraː
Unicodeha

說文解字

赤雲气也。从雨叚聲。

Sources

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

浦 pǔ bank of river

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

甫
甫 Sound component
fu begin

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

蒲

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphuXpʰˤaʔriver bank
Zhengzhangpʰaːʔ
Unicodepǒ

說文解字

瀕也。从水甫聲。

Sources

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