蒞
lì

attend

Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 涖 represents the sound.

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

艹 is a component form of 艸.

涖
涖 Sound component
lì river in Hebei province

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯbs

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

莅 lì attend Simplified

A place 位 where grass 艹 grows; 立 also provides the pronunciation

Components

艹
艹 Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass
位
位 Meaning component
wèi position

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangrɯbs
rɯbs

Sources

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