威厉
wēi​lì

awe-inspiring

威 wēi power

Depicts a weapon (戌) used to force a woman (女) into submission.

Components

戌
戌 Iconic component
xū, qu 11th terrestrial branch

Depicts an axe.

女
女 Iconic component
nǚ, nü woman

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Spring and Autumn ~500 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Qin 221-206 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

崴葳

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagart'jw+jʔuj awe-inspiring

說文解字

《說文》：“威，姑也。从女，从戌。《漢律》曰：‘婦告威姑。’”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

厉 lì whetstone Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 万 represents the sound. Simplified form of 厲.

Components

厂
厂 Meaning component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
万
万 Sound component
wàn ten thousand
Change in sound

Component uses

Sound (2 of 4 verified)

励蛎砺粝

Meaning (0 of 1 verified)

砺

Sources

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

厲 lì whetstone Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 厂 represents the meaning and 萬 represents the sound.

Components

厂
厂 Meaning component
chǎng cliff, (roof)
萬
萬 Sound component
wàn ten thousand
Change in sound

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Spring and Autumn ~700 BC
Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (3 of 4 verified)

蠣勵糲䊪

Remnant (1)

䊪

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartljejH[r]at-s cruel
ljejH[r]at-s grindstone
ljejH[r]at-s epidemic

說文解字

《說文》：“厲，旱石也。从厂，蠆省聲。，或不省。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)