xiè

leak

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

世 sound component

  Sound component

shì

  

generation

Evolution

泄 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
泄 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
泄 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xiè

leak; vent; flow; reveal; to leak (of water or gas); to drip; to drain; to discharge; to leak out; to divulge (secrets); to give vent (to anger, spite etc); to disperse; to reduce

() 

xiè

variant of [xiè]

Most common words with 泄
Freq.
Word
Meaning

发泄

to give vent to (one's feelings)

泄露

to divulge

to drip

泄漏

to leak

宣泄

to divulge