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溉

gài

water

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

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

既 sound component

既  Sound component

jì

  

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

溉  

gài

water, irrigate, flood; wash; to irrigate

Most common words with 溉
Freq.
Word
Meaning

灌溉

to irrigate

溉

to irrigate

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤə[t]-s

kojH

gài

to wash


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3524th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6E89

Shuowen

“溉，水。出東海桑瀆覆甑山，東北入海。一曰灌注也。从水，既聲。”


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