沾濡
zhān​rú

moisten

沾 zhān moisten

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound. Simplified form of 霑.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine

Character Evolution

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

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

霑

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrjem[t]remmoisten
Zhengzhangtem
teːms
tʰeːm
Unicodedjiɛm

說文解字

水。出壺關，東入淇。一曰沾，益也。从水占聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

濡 rú, ruǎn, ér immerse

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 (water) represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
需
需 Sound component
xū need

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuno wet, glossy

說文解字

《說文》：“濡，水。出涿郡故安，東入漆涑。从水，需聲。”

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)