砂砾
shā​lì

gravel

砂 shā sand

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
少
少 SoundIconic component
shǎo, shao, shào few

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsraːl
Unicodeshra

Sources

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

砾 lì gravel Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 石 represents the meaning and 乐 represents the sound. Simplified form of 礫.

Components

石
石 Meaning component
shí stone
乐
乐 Sound component
lè, yuè happy, music

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

礫 lì gravel Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlek[r]ˤewkpebbles
Zhengzhangreːwɢ

說文解字

小石也。从石樂聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)