驪
lí

a pure black horse

Components

馬
馬 Meaning component
mǎ horse

horse

麗
麗 Sound component
lì beautiful

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangreːl
rel
Unicodeliɛ

說文解字

馬深黑色。从馬麗聲。

Sources

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

骊 lí, chí a pure black horse Simplified

Components

马
马 Meaning component
mǎ horse

horse

丽
丽 Sound component
lì beautiful

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode