侶

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See also: 侣
侶 U+4FB6, 侶
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FB6
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 侷 →

Translingual

Han character

侶 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人口竹口 (ORHR), four-corner 26260, composition ⿰亻呂)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 103, character 20
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 647
  • Dae Jaweon: page 219, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 147, character 12
  • Unihan data for U+4FB6

Chinese

trad. 侶
simp. 侣

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lír/lú/lí - literary;
  • lǐr/lū/lī - vernacular.
    Rime
    Character 侶
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 來 (37)
    Final (韻) 魚 (22)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 力舉切
    Baxter ljoX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/lɨʌX/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/liɔX/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/liɔX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/lɨə̆X/
    Li
    Rong         		/liɔX/
    Wang
    Li         		/lĭoX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren         		/li̯woX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		lǚ
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		leoi5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character 侶
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 8580
    Phonetic
    component         		呂
    Rime
    group         		魚
    Rime
    subdivision         		0
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		吕
    Old
    Chinese         		/*raʔ/
    Notes 見王襃論

    Definitions

    侶

    1. companion
    2. associate with

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    侶

    (Jōyō kanji)

    Readings

    • Go-on: ろ (ro)
    • Kan-on: りょ (ryo, Jōyō)
    • Kun: とも (tomo, 侶)

    Compounds

    Noun

    侶(とも) • (tomo) 

    友 (とも, tomo)
    朋 (とも, tomo)
    伴 (とも, tomo)
    1. companion, follower

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese 侶 (MC ljoX).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 령〯 (Yale: lyě)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527 벋〯 (Yale: pět) 려〮 (Yale: lyé)

    Pronunciation

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    侶 (eumhun 짝 려 (jjak ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 짝 여 (jjak yeo))

    1. hanja form? of ] (“companion”)

    Compounds

    Compounds

    References

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.

    Vietnamese

    Han character

    侶: Hán Nôm readings: lứa, lữ

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    References

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