lì
a large earthen pot
Depicts a vessel (鬲) with hot steam rising around it.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernComponent uses
Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*k.rˤek | lek | lì | tripod with hollow legs |
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 16 |
Unicode | U+4C1C |
Shuowen | “,也。古文亦鬲字,象孰飪五味气上出也。” |
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