lì'é​jú​méi

clicking shrike-babbler

chestnut tree, chestnuts

Depicts a tree () with chestnuts.

Components

Iconic component
characterless component

Depicts chestnuts.

Iconic component
tree

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
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 (1 of 3 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartlit[r]i[t] chestnut tree

說文解字

《說文》:“,木也。从木,其實下垂,故从。,古文从西、从二。徐巡說。木至西方戰。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

é forehead Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components

Meaning component
page
Sound component
guest

Sources

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

shrike

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkwekkʷˤekshrike

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

méi Simplified

Components

Sound component
méi eyebrows
Meaning component
niǎo bird

bird

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

é forehead Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
(head), page
Sound component
guest

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartngaekC.ŋˤrak (no pre-Qín exx?)forehead

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart

Traditional

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangmril

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang