ditch

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

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

卖 sound component

  Sound component

mài

  

sell

Evolution

渎 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
渎 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
渎 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
渎 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

ditch, sluice, gutter, drain; disrespectful; (literary) ditch

Most common words with 渎
Freq.
Word
Meaning

亵渎

to blaspheme

渎职

wrongdoing

disrespectful