梨涡
lí​wō

dimples

梨 lí pear

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 利 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangril
Unicodeli

Sources

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

涡 wō swirl Simplified

A mouth 呙 made of water 氵

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
呙
呙 Meaning component
guō, wāi, hé chat

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

渦 wō swirl Traditional

A mouth 咼 made of water 氵

Components

氵
氵 Meaning component
shui, shuǐ water
咼
咼 Meaning component
chat

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkloːl
qloːl
Unicodeguɑ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang