sediment

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
zǎi to slaughter

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangʔsrɯʔ
Unicodetziə̌

說文解字

澱也。从水宰聲。

Sources

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