濡
rú

immerse

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Phonosemantic compound. 氵 (water) represents the meaning and 需 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
需
需 Sound component

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartnyuno wet, glossy

說文解字

《說文》：“濡，水。出涿郡故安，東入漆涑。从水，需聲。”

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)