entries → 液
TSUMUGU · B2 (est.) · 字
液 character · B2 (est.)
液 ＝ 氵 ＋ 夜
ㄧㄝˋ · yè
noun — liquid, fluid

字源 FORM — what the parts do

氵義water — by extension anything fluid
夜聲yè — gives the soundthe night, here only for its reading
Water (氵) with 夜 yè for the sound. Water stands for the wider thing — whatever pours and runs, not only river water. So 液 is fluid as such: 液體, 血液 (blood), 溶液 (a solution). The night part lends only its reading, exactly yè.
意 · Meanings
(本義)液體、流液— liquid, fluid常用
→血液、唾液— bodily fluid — blood, saliva常用
⇒溶液— a solution
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
夜yèthe bare sound donor — the night, before water was added腋yèthe 夜 series — the armpit, flesh 月 instead of water