Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 賴 represents the sound.
Components
Character Evolution
Historical Pronunciations
| Middle Chinese | Old Chinese | Gloss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter-Sagart | lajH | rˤa[t]-s | tube |
| Zhengzhang | raːds | ||
| Unicode | lɑ̀i |
說文解字
三孔龠也。大者謂之笙，其中謂之籟，小者謂之箹。从竹賴聲。
Sources
- Readings & variants
- Unicode
- Historical pronunciations
- Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
- Historical images
- Academia Sinica
- Etymology
- Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)