澱
diàn

shallow water

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

water

殿
殿 Sound component
diàn hall

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdɯːns

說文解字

滓滋也。从水殿聲。

Sources

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

淀 diàn shallow water Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 定 represents the sound. Simplified form of 澱.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

定
定 Sound component
dìng settle

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdeːns

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang