滬
hù

Shanghai

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

扈
扈 Sound component
hù escort

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

沪 hù Shanghai Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 户 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滬.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

户
户 Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode