liú​li​wǎ

glazed roof tile

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

earthenware

Pictograph of an object related to pottery.

Character Evolution

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 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

Meaning (3 of 13 verified)

Sound (0 of 1 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngwaeXC.ŋʷˤra[j]ʔ roof tile

說文解字

《說文》:“瓦,土器已燒之總名。象形。”

Sources

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