Dong Chinese dictionary

yè

sap

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

Components

氵 Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

夜 Sound component

yè

night

Evolution

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

yè

sap, juice, liquid, fluid; liquid; fluid; Taiwan pr. [yì]

Most common words with 液

Sources