Origin

This character shows water on the left, which makes sense for a word meaning creek or inlet. The component on the right, which looks like a simple frame or work pattern, is a sound hint that tells you roughly how to pronounce the character—it has nothing to do with the meaning. Together, the water radical plus this sound marker created the character for a body of water like a small river or bay.

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