瑞丽 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

Ruìlì

Ruili

ruì token made of jade, lucky, auspicious

Phonosemantic compound. 玉 represents the meaning and 耑 represents the sound.

Components

𤣩 Meaning component

yù jade

耑 Sound component

duān, zhuān tip, start, extremity

Change in sound

瑞 and 耑 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
瑞 *[d]or-s
耑 *tˤor

Character Evolution

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD

Clerical form — Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD

Regular Modern

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Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	dzyweH	[d]or-s	jade tablet

說文解字

《說文》：“瑞，以玉為信也。从玉、耑。”

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)

lì beautiful Simplified

Simplified form of 麗. Pictograph of a deer (鹿) with two beautiful antlers. The traditional component 鹿 was removed for simplification.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two beautiful antlers on the head of a deer.

鹿 Deleted component

lù deer

The traditional component 鹿 was removed for simplification.

Component uses

Sound (0 of 7 verified)

俪骊郦鹂逦鲡酾

Historical Pronunciations

	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang	reːls

Sources

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

lì beautiful Traditional

Pictograph of a deer (鹿) with two beautiful antlers.

Components

◎ Iconic component

characterless component

Depicts two beautiful antlers on the head of a deer.

鹿 Iconic component

lù deer

Character Evolution

Oracle form — Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Spring and Autumn 771-476 BC

Bronze form — Bronze Warring States 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Seal form — Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

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

Clerical form — Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 6 verified)

鱺儷曬灑鸝驪

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lejH	[r]ˤe-s	symmetrical

說文解字

《說文》：“麗，旅行也。鹿之性見食急則必旅行。从鹿，丽聲。《禮》‘麗皮納聘’，蓋鹿皮也。，古文；，篆文麗字。”

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)