糲
lì

unpolished rice

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
厲
厲 Sound component
lì whetstone

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlajH[r]ˤat-s dehusked but not polished grain
lat[r]ˤat dehusked but not polished grain
ljejH[r]at-s dehusked but not polished grain

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.645
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

粝 lì unpolished rice Simplified

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

Components

米
米 Meaning component
mǐ rice
厉
厉 Sound component
lì whetstone

Sources

Character origin
李学勤《字源》p.645
Readings & variants
Unicode