sǒu​zé

marshland

sǒu, shǔ, còu marsh Simplified

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
shù, shǔ, shu number

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

zé, shì, yì marsh Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𠬤 represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

𠬤
𠬤 Sound component
yì, zé, dù spy on
Change in sound

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

marsh Traditional

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
shù, shǔ, shu number

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsloːʔ

說文解字

大澤也。从艸𢿙聲。九州之藪:楊州具區,荆州雲夢,豫州甫田,青州孟諸,沇州大野,雝州弦圃,幽州奚養,冀州楊紆,并州昭餘祁是也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

marsh Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

is a component form of .

Sound component
spy on
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdraeklˤrak marsh; moisture

說文解字

《說文》:“澤,光潤也。从水,睪聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica