毫厘
háo​lí

minute amount

毫 háo fine hair

Phonosemantic compound. 毛 represents the meaning and 高 represents the sound.

Components

高
高 SoundRemnant component
gāo high
毛
毛 Meaning component
máo, mao hair

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthaw[g]ˤaw fine animal hair

Sources

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

厘 lí fraction, manage Simplified

Simplified form of 釐. Phonosemantic compound. 𠩺 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.

Components

厂
厂 Simplified component
chǎng cliff, (roof)

Shorthand for the 𠩺 component in the traditional character 釐.

里
里 Sound component
lǐ, li village

Component uses

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

喱

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

喱

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯ

Sources

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

釐 fraction, manage Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 𠩺 represents the meaning and 里 represents the sound.

Components

𠩺
𠩺 SoundMeaning component
lí, xī to split
里
里 Sound component
lǐ, li village

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Warring States ~400 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartli[r]ə regulate, govern

說文解字

《說文》：“釐，家福也。从里，聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)