lòu​xiè

leakage

lòu leak

Originally written as , which depicts rainwater () leaking through a house roof (). The (water) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

SoundIconic component
lòu to leak

Depicts rainwater () leaking through a house roof ().

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluwH[Nə-r]ˤok-s leak (v.)

說文解字

《說文》:“漏,以銅受水刻節,晝夜百刻。从水,屚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1011, 1025許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.204
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

xiè leak 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
shì generation

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartsjets-latleak, ooze
yejHlat-sleak, ooze
Zhengzhanglebs
sled
Unicodesiɛt

說文解字

水。受九江博安洵波,北入氐。从水丗聲。

Sources

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

xiè, yì leak Traditional

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
pull, drag

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangleds
Unicodeiɛ̀i

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang