荔
lì

lichee

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 茘.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

劦
劦 Sound component
xié, liè cooperate, combined labor

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlejH[r]ˤep-sherb whose roots are made into brushes
Zhengzhangreːbs
rebs
Unicodelèi
liɛ̀

說文解字

艸也。似蒲而小,根可作㕞。从艸劦聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica