liù​zhou

stone roller

rough

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

Components

Meaning component
shí stone
Sound component
copy

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangroːɡ
roɡ

說文解字

石皃。从石彔聲。

Sources

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

zhóu, dú stone roller used to level fields

Components

Meaning component
shí stone

stone

Sound component
poison

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdoːɡ
duːɡ
duɡ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang