渚
zhǔ

small sand bank

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

者
者 Sound component
zhě one who...

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyoXtaʔislet
Zhengzhangtjaʔ
Unicodejiǔ

說文解字

水。在常山中丘逢山，東入湡。从水者聲。《爾雅》曰：“小洲曰渚。”

Sources

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