䰜
lì

a large earthen pot

Depicts a vessel (鬲) with hot steam rising around it.

Components

◎
◎ Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts hot steam rising.

鬲
鬲 Iconic component
gé, lì, è type of cauldron with three hollow legs

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

鬻

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlekk.rˤek tripod with hollow legs

說文解字

《說文》：“，也。古文亦鬲字，象孰飪五味气上出也。”

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.215
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)