奶汁 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

nǎizhī

breast milk

nǎi, nai milk

Phonosemantic compound. 女 represents the meaning and 乃 represents the sound.

女 Meaning component

nǚ, nü woman

nǎi then

Depicts a woman standing sideways with her breasts protruding.

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	rneːlʔ

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 十 represents the sound.

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

十 Sound component

shí ten

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Baxter-Sagart	tsyip	[t.k][ə]p	juice

《說文》：“汁，液也。从水，十聲。”