瀨 - Dong Chinese dictionary

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lài

swift current

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

賴 Sound component

lài

depend on

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lài

swift current; rapids; name of a river; rushing of water

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*C.rˤa[t]-s	lajH	lài	rapids

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 0.3043% of movies

3278th most common character in movies

4161st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

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