纰漏
pī​lòu

mistake

纰 pī, pí, bǐ spoiled silk Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紕.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

漏 lòu leak

Originally written as 屚, which depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋). The 氵 (water) component was added later to clarify the meaning.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

屚
屚 SoundIconic component
lòu to leak

Depicts rainwater (雨) leaking through a house roof (屋).

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartluwH[Nə-r]ˤok-s leak (v.)

說文解字

《說文》：“漏，以銅受水刻節，晝夜百刻。从水，屚聲。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.1011, 1025許進雄《新編進階甲骨文字典: 甲骨文發現120周年紀念版》p.204
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

紕 spoiled silk Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 比 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

比
比 Sound component
bǐ to compare

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangbe
pʰi
kʰjɯʔ

說文解字

氐人𦇧也。讀若《禹貢》玭珠。从糸比聲。

Sources

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