kàng​lì

married couple

kàng, gāng, kǎng compare

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
kàng, gāng, gēng high

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkʰaːŋs

說文解字

人名。从人亢聲。《論語》有陳伉。

Sources

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

lì, lí spouse Simplified

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
beautiful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

spouse Traditional

Components

Meaning component
rén person

person

Sound component
beautiful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangreːls

說文解字

棽儷也。从人麗聲。

Sources

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