HSK7

shore

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
yá, ái precipice

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartngɛŋˤrarriver bank; limit
Zhengzhangŋreː
ŋre
Unicodengɛi

說文解字

水邊也。从水从厓,厓亦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica