huìkuài

irrigation ditch

Evolution

澮 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
澮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
澮 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
Definitions

() 

huì

irrigation ditch, trench; river

() 

kuài

drain; stream

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[k]ˤop-s

kwajH

kuài

watering channel, drain


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

6543rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

Unicode

U+6FAE

Shuowen

“澮,水。出靃山,西南入汾。从水,會聲。”


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