ái'áiwéi​wéi

glistening white

wéi, ái, wèi stone mill Simplified

Components

Meaning component
shí stone

stone

Sound component
victorious music, happy

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

stone mill Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋɯːl
ŋuːl
ŋuːls

說文解字

䃺也。从石豈聲。古者公輸班作磑。

Sources

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