è​liè

cleft palate

è jaw Simplified

Components

Sound component
è sound
Meaning component
page

head

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

liè split

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
clothes
Sound component
liè arrange

Character Evolution

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

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartljet[r]atto cut, split
Zhengzhangred
Unicodeliɛt

說文解字

繒餘也。从衣𠛱聲。

Sources

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

jaw Traditional

Components

Sound component
è sound
Meaning component
(head), page

head

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangŋaːɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang