lì
lichee
Phonosemantic compound. 艹 represents the meaning and 劦 represents the sound. Simplified form of 茘.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 荔
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
litchi or lychee fruit (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) | ||
variant of 荔[lì] | ||
Liwan district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市[Guǎngzhōushì], Guangdong | ||
Libo county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qiánnánzhōu], Guizhou | ||
Libo county in Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南州[Qiánnánzhōu], Guizhou |
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ˤep-s | lejH | lì | herb whose roots are made into brushes |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
3848th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 9 |
Unicode | U+8354 |
Shuowen | “荔,艸也。似蒲而小,根可作。从艸,劦聲。” |
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