泾
Jīng

name of a river

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

涇 name of a river Traditional

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

巠
巠 Unknown component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡeŋʔ
keːŋ
Unicodegeng

說文解字

水。出安定涇陽幵頭山，東南入渭。雝州之川也。从水坙聲。

Sources

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