miǎn

flood

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
miǎn parapet

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartmjienXm.nerʔrichly flowing stream
Zhengzhangmenʔ

說文解字

水。出武都沮縣東狼谷,東南入江。或曰入夏水。从水丏聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica