萝莉
luó​lì

lolita

萝 luó type of creeping plant Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 罗 represents the sound. Simplified form of 蘿.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

罗
罗 Sound component
luó, luō, luo net for catching birds

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

莉 lì, lí, chí jasmine

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 利 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangriːl
r'il
r'i

Sources

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

蘿 luó type of creeping plant Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 羅 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

羅
羅 Sound component
net for catching birds

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangraːl
Unicodelɑ

說文解字

莪也。从艸羅聲。

Sources

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