liú​li​tǎ

glazed pagoda

liú sparkling stone

Components

Meaning component
wáng king

jade

Sound component
liú birth

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangru
Unicodeliou

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

glass

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
wáng king
Sound component
leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːl
rel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

tower

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
earth
Sound component
dā, dá, tà small bean

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangtʰuːb
Unicodetɑp

說文解字

《說文新附》:“塔,西域浮屠也。从土,答聲。”

Sources

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