xiè

beating of ocean

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

枼 sound component

  Sound component

  

leaf

Evolution

渫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
渫 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
渫 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
渫 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiè

beating of ocean; surging of water; to get rid of; to discharge; to dredge

 

Xiè

surname Xie

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6200th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+6E2B

Shuowen

“渫,除去也。从水,枼聲。”


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