涵蓄

涵 hán, hàn soak

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

函
函 Sound component
hán envelop, case

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthom[ɡ]ˤ[o]msoak, overflow
Zhengzhangɡuːm
ɡuːmʔ
Unicodehom

Sources

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

蓄 xù store

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

畜
畜 Sound component
chù, xù livestock

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttrhjuwkqʰ<r>ukstore (v.)
xjuwkqʰukcollect; store (n.)
Zhengzhangl̥ʰuɡ
hluɡ
Unicodexiuk

說文解字

積也。从艸畜聲。

Sources

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