氿
guǐ

spring

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
jiǔ nine

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷrɯwʔ

說文解字

《說文》:“氿,水厓枯土也。从水,九聲。《爾雅》曰:‘水醮曰氿。’”

Sources

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