籁
lài

bamboo flute

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 赖 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籟.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

赖
赖 Sound component
lài depend on

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

籟 bamboo flute Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 賴 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

賴
賴 Sound component
lài depend on

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlajHrˤa[t]-stube
Zhengzhangraːds
Unicodelɑ̀i

說文解字

三孔龠也。大者謂之笙，其中謂之籟，小者謂之箹。从竹賴聲。

Sources

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