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灑

sǎ

sprinkle

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

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

麗 sound component

麗  Sound component

lì, lí

  

beautiful

Evolution

灑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

洒 (灑) 

sǎ

sprinkle, splash; scatter, throw; to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed

Most common words with 灑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

洒

to spray

潇洒

free and easy

洒脱

natural

喷洒

to spray

挥洒

to sprinkle

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*Cə.s<r>ərʔ (MC srj- > sr-)

sreaX

sǎ

sprinkle

*Cə.s<r>ərʔ-s (MC srj- > sr-)

sreaH

sǎ

sprinkle

*Cə.s<r>ərʔ-s

srjeH

sǎ

sprinkle

*Cə.s<r>ərʔ

srjeX

xǐ

sprinkle (v.)


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 7.0959% of movies

2308th most common character in movies

2283rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

22

Simplified

洒

Unicode

U+7051

Shuowen

“灑，汛也。从水，麗聲。”


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