诔
lěi

eulogize

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

耒
耒 Sound component
lěi handle of plow

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

誄 eulogize Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartlwijX[r]ujʔeulogy
Zhengzhangrulʔ

說文解字

諡也。从言耒聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica