to write

To deposit a new silt layer  also provides the pronunciation

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

阞 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

  

vein

Evolution

泐 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
泐 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

to write; to indite; veins in minerals