abruptly

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

盍 sound component

  Sound component

  

what? why not?

Evolution

溘 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
溘 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

abruptly, suddenly, unexpectedly; suddenly

Most common words with 溘
Freq.
Word
Meaning

溘然

suddenly

suddenly

溘先朝露

the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom); fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence