liú pomegranate

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
tree
Sound component
liú to stay

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangm·ru
Unicodeliou

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

lián, liǎn a flail Simplified

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

Traditional

Components

Meaning component
tree

wood

Sound component
lián connect, join, link

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

瑚槤也。从木連聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica