潰
kuìhuì

flooding river

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

貴
貴 Sound component
guì expensive

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarthwojH[ɡʷ]ˤ[ə]j-sbreak through an embankment (of water)
Zhengzhangɡluːls

說文解字

漏也。从水貴聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

溃 kuì flooding river Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 贵 represents the sound. Simplified form of 潰.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

贵
贵 Sound component
guì expensive

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode