gǎn, hàn to wash name of a place

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
gǎn to dare

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangl̥ʰaːms
klaːmʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

bank of river

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
fu begin

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
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartphuXpʰˤaʔriver bank
Zhengzhangpʰaːʔ
Unicode

說文解字

瀕也。从水甫聲。

Sources

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