俪
lì

spouse

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

丽
丽 Sound component
lì beautiful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

儷 spouse Traditional

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

person

麗
麗 Sound component
lì beautiful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːls

說文解字

棽儷也。从人麗聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)