liè

clear

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
liè arrange

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreds
red

說文解字

水清也。从水列聲。《易》曰:“井𣸟,寒泉,食。”

Sources

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