滴
dī HSK6

drip

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

啇
啇 Sound component
dì, shì, zhāi stalk, stem, root

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangteːɡ
Unicodedek

說文解字

《說文》:“滴,水注也。从水,啻聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica