沦肌浃髓
lún​jī​jiā​suǐ

ingrained

沦 lún, lǔn, guān be lost Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 仑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淪.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

仑
仑 Sound component
lún, lùn logical reasons

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肌 jī muscle tissue

Phonosemantic compound. ⺼ represents the meaning and 几 represents the sound.

Components

⺼
⺼ Meaning component
ròu meat, flesh

⺼ is a component form of 肉.

几
几 Sound component
jǐ, jī small table

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkijkrə[j]flesh
Zhengzhangkril
Unicodegyi

說文解字

肉也。从肉几聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

浃 jiā, xiá saturate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 浹.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夹
夹 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

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髓 suǐ bone marrow

Components

骨
骨 Meaning component
gǔ, gú bone

bone

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsjweXs-lojʔmarrow
Zhengzhangslolʔ
Unicodesiuɛ̌

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Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

淪 be lost Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

侖
侖 Sound component
arrange

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrun

說文解字

小波爲淪。从水侖聲。《詩》曰：“河水清且淪漪。”一曰没也。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

浹 saturate Traditional

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夾
夾 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangskaːb
skeːb

說文解字

洽也。从也。从水夾聲。

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Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)