lǐ, fēng
abundant
Original meaning:
ceremonial vessel
Depicts a decoration (玨) and a drum (壴) used for ceremonial purposes. Original form of 禮 (gift; ceremony).
Evolution

Oracle script
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[r]ˤijʔ | lejX | lǐ | ritual vessel |
Statistics
Not found in HSK word list
9757th most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 13 |
Unicode | U+8C4A |
Shuowen | “豊,行禮之器也。从豆,象形。讀與禮同。” |
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