䊪
lì

unpolished rice

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 萬 represents the sound. Original form of 糲.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
厲
厲 SoundRemnant component
lì whetstone

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1)

竊

Meaning (1)

竊

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

《說文》：“，粟重一，為十六斗太半斗，舂為米一斛曰。从米，萬聲。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.645
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)