排泻
pái​xiè

excrete

排 pái row

Phonosemantic compound. 扌 represents the meaning and 非 represents the sound.

Components

扌
扌 Meaning component
shou, shǒu hand

扌 is a component form of 手.

非
非 Sound component
fēi not

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbeaj[b]ˤrəj push

說文解字

《說文》：“排，擠也。从手，非聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

泻 xiè drain off Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 写 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀉.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

写
写 Sound component
xiě write

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

瀉 drain off Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

寫
寫 Sound component
xiě write

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjæXs-qʰAʔto drain off
Zhengzhangsjaːʔ
sjaːɡs
Unicodesiǎ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang