bào HSK7

waterfall

Violent  water  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
SoundMeaning component
bào violent

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartbuwk[b]ˤawkwaterfall?
Zhengzhangboːwɢs
boːɡ
Unicodebhuk

說文解字

疾雨也。一曰沫也。一曰瀑,資也。从水暴聲。《詩》曰:“終風且瀑。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica