阇梨
shé​lí

Buddhist monk

阇 dū, shé tower over city gate Simplified

No origin information available for this character yet.

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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

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Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

闍 tower over city gate Traditional

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangdjaː
taː

說文解字

闉闍也。从門者聲。

Sources

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