滸
hǔ

riverbank

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

許
許 Sound component
xǔ allow

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartxuXqʰˤaʔriver bank; 滸滸 ~ 許許 ~ 所所 sound of hewing wood
Zhengzhanghŋaːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
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Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

浒 hǔ, xǔ riverbank Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 许 represents the sound. Simplified form of 滸.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

许
许 Sound component
xǔ allow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode