荔湾

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
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

湾 wān bay Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 弯 represents the sound. Simplified form of 灣.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

弯
弯 Sound component
wān bend

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

灣 wān bay Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 氵 represents the meaning and 彎 represents the sound.

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water

氵 is a component form of 水.

彎
彎 Sound component
wān bend

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangqroːn
Unicodequan

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang