瀏
liú

clear

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

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

劉
劉 Sound component
surname

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangm·ru
m·ruʔ

說文解字

流清皃。从水劉聲。《詩》曰：“𤄉其清矣。”

Sources

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

浏 liú, liū clear Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 刘 represents the sound. Simplified form of 瀏.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

刘
刘 Sound component
liú surname

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode