yuè

to boil

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

龠 sound component

  Sound component

yuè

  

flute

Evolution

瀹 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
瀹 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

yuè

to boil; to wash, to cleanse, to soak; to cleanse