luǒ, kē pile of stones

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːlʔ

說文解字

磊砢也。从石可聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

chěn, cà gritty Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shí stone

stone

Sound component
cān, shēn take part in

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

gritty Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰrumʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang