淀
diàn
#3,153 most
frequent character
shallow lake
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
淀 has 氵, water, as its meaning part, and 定 dìng for sound. The formation gives its first meaning as 'deposited filth,' which grew to 'sediment.' The senses 'shallow lake' and 'shallow water' are also recorded; the filth sense was borrowed for sound as a simplified form of 澱.
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