寂寥
jì​liáo

lonely

寂 jì still

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 叔 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
叔
叔 Sound component
shū, shu uncle

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartdzeks-[d]ˤiwkquiet
Zhengzhangzlɯːwɢ
Unicodedzhek

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang

寥 liáo few

Phonosemantic compound. 宀 represents the meaning and 翏 represents the sound.

Components

宀
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
翏
翏 Sound component
liù, lù to sweep away, to remove

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯːw
rɯːwɢ
Unicodeleu

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang