Lǐ​bù

Ministry of Rites

social custom Simplified

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

Components

Meaning component
shì show

is a component form of .

Simplified component
yǐn, yà turning stroke

Shorthand for the component in the traditional character .

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangriːʔ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

part

Original meaning: place in Gansu province

Phonosemantic compound. ⻏ represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
city

⻏ is a component form of .

Change in meaning
hints at the original meaning of , "place in Gansu province", which is no longer the most common meaning of in modern Mandarin.
Sound component
pǒu to spit out

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartbuwX[b]ˤ(r)oʔ lead (v.), govern

說文解字

天水狄部。从邑咅聲。

Sources

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

gift Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Originally written as .

Components

Meaning component
shì show

is a component form of .

SoundMeaning component
lǐ, fēng abundant

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 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 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
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlejX[r]ˤijʔ propriety, ceremony

說文解字

《說文》:“禮,履也,所以事神致福也。从示、从豊,豊亦聲。,古文禮。”

Sources

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