澳
àoyù

inlet

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奧

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component

氵 is a component form of 水.

奧
奧 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'awHʔˤuk-s bay, cove

說文解字

《說文》:“澳,隈厓也。其內曰澳,其外曰隈。从水,奧聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica