a bridal veil

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
leave

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

a bridal veil Traditional

Components

Meaning component
silk

silk

Sound component
leave

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrel
Unicodeliɛ

說文解字

以絲介履也。从糸离聲。

Sources

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