澡罐
zǎo​guàn

ablution tub

澡 zǎo wash

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

喿
喿 Sound component
zào, sào, qiāo chirping of birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

藻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsawXmə-tsˤawʔ wash (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“澡，洒手也。从水，喿聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

罐 guàn jar

Phonosemantic compound. 缶 represents the meaning and 雚 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鑵.

Components

缶
缶 Meaning component
fǒu pottery
雚
雚 Sound component
guàn, huán heron

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkoːns

說文解字

《說文新附》：“罐，器也。从缶，雚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)