澄
dèngchéngChéng HSK7

purify water by allowing sediment to settle

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 登 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澂.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

登
登 Sound component
dēng rise

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdring[d]rəŋlimpid, clear
Zhengzhangdɯːŋs
dɯŋ
rdɯŋ
Unicodedjhiəng
djhiæng

Sources

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