泔
gān

water from washing rice to boil thick

Sweet 甘 water 氵; 甘 also provides the pronunciation

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
甘
甘 SoundMeaning component
gān sweetness

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkaːm

說文解字

周謂潘曰泔。从水甘聲。

Sources

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