jiàng

a flood

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
jiàng, xiáng to descend

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkruːŋs
ɡruːŋ
ɡloːŋ
ɡluːŋ

說文解字

水不遵道。一曰下也。从水夅聲。

Sources

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