粕
pò

lees

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 白 represents the sound.

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
白
白 Sound component
bái, bai white

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangpʰaːɡ
pʰraːɡ

說文解字

糟粕，酒滓也。从米白聲。

Sources

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