lí​huá

plowshare

plow

Components

Sound component
lì, li benefit
Meaning component
niú cow

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlej[r]ˤ[i]j plow
lij[r][i]j plow (n., v.)

Sources

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

huá spade Simplified

Components

Meaning component
jīn metal

metal

Sound component
huá magnificent

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

spade Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡʷraː

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang