篱垣
lí​yuán

fence

篱 lí bamboo or wooden fence Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 离 represents the sound. Simplified form of 籬.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

离
离 Sound component
lí leave

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

垣 yuán low wall

Phonosemantic compound. 土 represents the meaning and 亘 represents the sound.

Components

土
土 Meaning component
tǔ earth
亘
亘 Sound component
gèn, xuān, gèng turn around, turn back

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Late Warring States ~250 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
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 Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarthjwon[ɢ]ʷarwall
Zhengzhangɢʷan
Unicodehiuæn

說文解字

牆也。从土亘聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

籬 lí bamboo or wooden fence Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 離 represents the sound.

Components

⺮
⺮ Meaning component
zhú bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

離
離 Sound component
lí leave

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangrel
Unicodeliɛ

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang