gài

water

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

既 sound component

  Sound component

  

already

Evolution

溉 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
溉 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溉 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
溉 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
溉 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

gài

water, irrigate, flood; wash; to irrigate

Most common words with 溉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

灌溉

to irrigate

to irrigate