泻 xiè to leak
to leak; diarrhea; to flow out swiftly
怎么记住“泻”: 氵 water + 写 to write = to leak. Water drips onto the page just as the boy sits down to write, because the old roof has started to leak.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
泻 = 氵 water + 写 to write
- 氵 water meaning
- 写 to write sound
- 冖 cover
- 与 and
Water drips onto the page just as the boy sits down to write, because the old roof has started to leak.
How it came to be
Water gives the meaning and the sign for write the sound.
用法
- To flow down swiftly / gush: 一泻千里 (yíxiè-qiānlǐ), water racing a thousand li, means unstoppable momentum (or fluent, sweeping prose).
- Medically, diarrhea: 腹泻 (fùxiè) diarrhea, 上吐下泻 (shàngtù-xiàxiè) vomiting and diarrhea.