霑
zhān HSK7

be moistened

Phonosemantic compound. 雨 represents the meaning and 沾 represents the sound.

Components

雨
雨 Meaning component
yǔ rain
沾
沾 Sound component
zhān moisten

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtem
Unicodedjiɛm

說文解字

雨𩃵也。从雨沾聲。

Sources

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