Chinese Character Wiki

泅

qiú

swim

Components
氵 meaning component

氵  Meaning component

shui, shuǐ

  

water

water

囚 sound component

囚  Sound component

qiú

  

prisoner

Evolution

泅 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
泅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
泅 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
泅 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

泅  

qiú

swim, float, wade; to swim

Most common words with 泅
Freq.
Word
Meaning

泅

to swim

泅渡

to swim across

泅游

to swim

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s-N].ru

zjuw

qiú

swim


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

4604th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

8

Unicode

U+6CC5

Shuowen

“汓，浮行水上也。从水，从子。古或以汓為没。泅，汓或从囚聲。”


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