Origin

The character combines water (the three-stroke radical on the left) with a sound hint on the right. Water makes sense for sweat, since sweat is a liquid that comes from the body. The right component signals roughly how the character should be pronounced in Chinese, even though it doesn't contribute to the meaning. Together, water plus the sound indicator creates the character for this salty liquid that forms on skin when you're hot or exercising.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).