酪梨
lào​lí

avocado

酪 lào, luò, lù cream

Phonosemantic compound. 酉 represents the meaning and 各 represents the sound.

Components

酉
酉 Meaning component
yǒu wine
各
各 Sound component
gè each

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·raːɡ

說文解字

乳𤖅也。从酉各聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

梨 lí pear

Phonosemantic compound. 木 represents the meaning and 利 represents the sound.

Components

木
木 Meaning component
mù tree
利
利 Sound component
lì, li benefit

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangril
Unicodeli

Sources

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