guǐ

spring

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

九 sound component

  Sound component

jiǔ

  

nine

Evolution

氿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
氿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

氿  

guǐ

spring; mountain spring