léi

large earthenware wine jar

Evolution

罍 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
罍 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
罍 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
Definitions

 

léi

large earthenware wine jar

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[r]ˤuj

lwoj

léi

vase, jar


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

8457th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

21

Unicode

U+7F4D

Shuowen

“櫑,龜目酒尊,刻木作雲雷象,象施不窮也。从木,畾聲。罍,櫑或从缶。,櫑或从皿。,籀文櫑。”


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