麗 (lì)

beautiful, elegant, magnificent

Etymology

Pictograph of a deer (鹿) with two beautiful antlers.

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“麗,旅行也。鹿之性見食急則必旅行。从鹿,丽聲。《禮》‘麗皮納聘’,蓋鹿皮也。,古文;,篆文麗字。”

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