piāo​sǎ

drift

piāo whirlwind Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
fēng wind
Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

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sprinkle Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

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

piāo whirlwind Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
fēng wind
Sound component
piào slip of paper or bamboo

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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰew
bew
Unicodepiɛu

說文解字

回風也。从風㶾聲。

Sources

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Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

sprinkle Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
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