xiè

a blocked stream

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

Sound component
jiě divide

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡreːʔ

說文解字

郣澥,海之別也。从水解聲。一說:澥即澥谷也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica