漓江
Lí​jiāng

Li River

漓 lí pattering (of rain) Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 灕.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

江 jiāng large river

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 工 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

工
工 Sound component
gōng work
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Warring States ~300 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

鸿鴻茳

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkaewngkˤroŋ (Yangzi) river

說文解字

《說文》：“江，水。出蜀湔氐徼外崏山，入海。从水，工聲。”

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)

灕 river in Guangxi province Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrel

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang