懂中文 Dong Chinese

瀨

lài

swift current

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

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

氵 is a component form of 水.

賴 sound component

賴  Sound component

lài

  

depend on

Evolution

瀨 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
瀨 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

濑 (瀨) 

lài

swift current; rapids; name of a river; rushing of water