渖
shěn

old variant of 瀋|沈[shěn]

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

审
审 Sound component
shěn examine

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瀋 sink Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

審
審 Sound component
shěn examine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhimXtʰ[ə]mʔliquid
Zhengzhangl̥ʰjɯmʔ

說文解字

汁也。从水審聲。《春秋傳》曰：“猶拾瀋。”

Sources

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