栅篱
zhà​lí

fence

栅 zhà, shān, cè fence Simplified

A fence 册 made of wood 木; 册 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
册
册 SoundMeaning component
cè book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsrhɛk[tsʰ]ˤrekhedge
Zhengzhangsʰraːɡ
sʰreːɡ
sraːns

Sources

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

篱 lí bamboo or wooden fence Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籬.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

柵 fence Traditional

A fence 冊 made of wood 木; 冊 also provides the pronunciation

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
冊
冊 SoundMeaning component
cè book

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

編樹木也。从木从冊，冊亦聲。

Sources

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

籬 lí bamboo or wooden fence Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 離 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

離
離 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang