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huó HSK2

live

approved by Peter Olson · May 17, 2021, 09:24 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on May 17, 2021, 09:24 PM

verify

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Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 𠯑 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

氵 is a component form of 水.

𠯑 Sound component

Later reanalyzed as the visually similar character 舌.

Change in form

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 𠯑 than it was in ancient scripts.

Regular Modern

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	hwat	[g]ʷˤat	to live

《說文》：“，水流聲。从水，聲。，或从。”