支流 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

zhīliú

tributary

zhī support, hold up

Pictograph of a hand (又) lifting a piece of bamboo (个).

Components

个 Iconic component

gè, ge, gě [measure word]

Depicts a piece of bamboo.

又 Iconic component

yòu hand

Depicts a hand.

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tsye	ke	support, hold up
	tsye	ke	branch (of tree), limb

說文解字

《說文》：“支，去竹之枝也。从手持半竹。，古文支。”

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)

liú flow

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

㐬 Sound Iconic component

liú birth

Depicts an upside-down child (子) being born headfirst with amniotic fluid flowing out.

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

鎏

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	ljuw	ru	flow (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“，水行也。从沝、，，突忽也。流，篆文从水。”

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)

支 zhī support, hold up

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (3 of 14 verified)

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

流 liú flow

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

Sources

zhī support, hold up

liú flow