Shanghai

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
escort

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷaːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

Shanghai Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
hù, hu door

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode