曆
lì

calendar

Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 厤 represents the sound.

Components

厤
厤 Sound component
lì calendar
日
日 Meaning component
rì sun

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlek[r]ˤek calculate (astronomically)

說文解字

《說文新附》:“曆,厤象也。从日,厤聲。《史記》通用歷。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

历 lì history Simplified

Simplified form of 歷. Phonosemantic compound. 厤 represents the meaning and 力 represents the sound.

Components

厂
厂 Simplified component
chǎng cliff, (roof)

Simplified shorthand of the traditional 厤 component.

力
力 Sound component
lì, li power

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode