to write

To deposit a new silt layer  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
vein

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːɡ
rɯɡ

說文解字

水石之理也。从水从阞。《周禮》曰:“石有時而泐。”

Sources

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