jí​li

barbed object

furze

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

plant

Sound component
illness

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangzid

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

Chenopodium album

Components

Meaning component
cao, cǎo grass

grass

Sound component
black

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangriːl
Unicodelei

說文解字

艸也。从艸黎聲。

Sources

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