李斯 (Lǐ Sī) — Li Si (prime minister of the Qin dynasty) | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

noun

Li Si (prime minister of the Qin dynasty)

Examples

李斯。
Lǐ Sī Shì qín cháo zhù míng de zhèng zhì jiā.
Li Si was a famous statesman of the Qin dynasty.
李斯。
Qín shǐ huáng hěn xìn rèn Lǐ Sī.
Emperor Qin Shi Huang trusted Li Si greatly.
李斯。
Lǐ Sī Duì qín cháo de tǒng yī zuò chū le zhòng yào gòng xiàn.
Li Si made important contributions to the unification of the Qin dynasty.

Origin

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

來

來lái李lǐ

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The earliest form of 李 paired 來 (wheat) with 子; the 來 part later changed into 木, giving today's shape.

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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