xiáoXiáo

river in Hebei province

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
jiāo to cross, to mix

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːw

說文解字

水。出常山石邑井陘,東南入于泜。从水交聲。𨙶國有洨縣。

Sources

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