Dong Chinese dictionary

lí

to split

Depicts a person (人) hitting (攵) wheat (來) to harvest it.

Components

來 Iconic component

lái

come

Depicts a stalk of wheat.

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 來 than it was in ancient scripts.

攵 Iconic component

pū

tap

人 Iconic component

rén

person

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 人 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze script

Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

lí

to split; rive; crack; demolish

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

Sources