渝
yú

change

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

俞
俞 Sound component
yú, shù surname

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartyulochange (v.)
Zhengzhanglo
Unicodeio

說文解字

變汙也。从水俞聲。一曰渝水，在遼西臨俞，東出塞。

Sources

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