liǎn

vessel used to hold grain offerings

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

vessel used to hold grain offerings Traditional

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrenʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica