guàn

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

water

官 sound component

  Sound component

guān

  

official

Evolution

涫 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
涫 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
涫 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

guàn

(classical) to boil