浙
Zhè

Zhejiang province

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 折 represents the sound. Simplified form of 淛.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

折
折 Sound component
zhé, zhē, shé break off

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangʔljed

說文解字

江。水東至會稽山陰爲浙江。从水折聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)