穢
huì

dirty

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 歲 represents the sound.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
歲
歲 Sound component
suì year

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartʔjwojHqʷat-sbad weeds; filth
Zhengzhangqʷads

Sources

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

秽 huì dirty Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 禾 represents the meaning and 岁 represents the sound. Simplified form of 穢.

Components

禾
禾 Meaning component
hé grain stalk
岁
岁 Sound component
suì year

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode