huá

slip, slide

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
氵 meaning component

  Meaning component

shuishuǐ

  

water

is a component form of .

骨 sound component

  Sound component

  

bone

Evolution

滑 Bronze script Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze script

Late Warring States (~250 BC)
滑 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

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

Clerical script

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

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

huá

slip, slide; slippery, polished; to slip; to slide; smooth; slippery; cunning

 

Huá

surname Hua

Most common words with 滑
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to slip

下滑

sliding

滑雪

to ski

滑稽

comical

光滑

glossy