浹
jiā

saturate

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夾
夾 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangskaːb
skeːb

說文解字

洽也。从也。从水夾聲。

Sources

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

浃 jiā, xiá saturate Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 夹 represents the sound. Simplified form of 浹.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夹
夹 Sound component
jiā, jiá be wedged or inserted between, pressed from two sides

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode