Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 世 represents the sound. Simplified form of 洩.
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Historical Evolution
泄
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
泄
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
泄
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
泄
Seal
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
泄
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
泄
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
泄
Regular
Modern
Chinese
泄 [xiè]
to leak (of water or gas); to drip; to drain; to discharge; to leak out; to divulge (secrets); to give vent (to anger, spite etc); to disperse; to reduce
Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (42)
发泄 [fāxiè] #4,800
to give vent to (one's feelings)
泄露 [xièlù] #4,380
to leak (information)
泄漏 [xièlòu] #6,002
(of a liquid or gas) to leak
宣泄 [xuānxiè] #12,917
to drain (by leading off water)
泄密 [xièmì] #11,881
to leak secrets
排泄 [páixiè] #17,909
to drain (factory waste etc)
泄气 [xièqì] #12,835
to leak (gas)
排泄物 [páixièwù] #15,917
excrement
水泄不通 [shuǐxièbùtōng] #39,415
lit. not one drop can trickle through (idiom); fig. impenetrable (crowd, traffic)
泄愤 [xièfèn] #27,296
to give vent to anger
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JAPANESE WORDS (7)