dried up

To run out of strength  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
to become solid

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangɡaːɡ
Unicodehɑk

說文解字

渴也。从水固聲。讀若狐貈之貈。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica