méi water's edge

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
méi eyebrows

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmril

說文解字

水艸交爲湄。从水眉聲。

Sources

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

tán deep pool

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
tán, qín, yǎn reach to

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdom[l]ˤ[ə]mdeep, pond
Zhengzhangl'ɯːm
lɯmʔ
Unicodedhom

說文解字

水。出武陵鐔成玉山,東入鬱林。从水覃聲。

Sources

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