粝 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

lì

unpolished rice

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 厉 represents the sound.

Components

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

厉 Sound component

lì whetstone

Phonosemantic compound. 米 represents the meaning and 厲 represents the sound.

米 Meaning component

mǐ rice

厲 Sound component

lì whetstone

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	lajH	[r]ˤat-s	dehusked but not polished grain
	lat	[r]ˤat	dehusked but not polished grain
	ljejH	[r]at-s	dehusked but not polished grain