Dong Chinese dictionary

nì, niào

submerge in water

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弱 represents the sound.

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

弱 Sound component

ruò

weak

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

nì

drown; submerge in water; indulge; to drown; to indulge; addicted to; to spoil (a child)

niào

variant of 尿[niào]

Most common words with 溺

Sources