táo

cleanse

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zhào omen

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːw
l'aːw
lew
Unicodetɑu

說文解字

水。出隴西臨洮,東北入河。从水兆聲。

Sources

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