如意

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Chinese

as (if); such as
idea; meaning; wish
idea; meaning; wish; desire; Italy (abbrev.)
 
trad. (如意) 如 意
simp. #(如意) 如 意
Literally: “according to wishes”.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 如 如 意
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 日 (38) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 魚 (22) 魚 (22) 之 (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open Open
Division (等) III III III
Fanqie 人諸切 人恕切 於記切
Baxter nyo nyoH 'iH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵɨʌ/ /ȵɨʌH/ /ʔɨH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵiɔ/ /ȵiɔH/ /ʔɨH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑiɔ/ /ȵʑiɔH/ /ʔieH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵɨə̆/ /ȵɨə̆H/ /ʔɨH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiɔ/ /ȵiɔH/ /ʔiəH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭo/ /ȵʑĭoH/ /ĭəH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯wo/ /ȵʑi̯woH/ /ʔiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rú rù yì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jyu4 jyu6 ji3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 如 意
Reading # 2/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		rú yì
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyo › ‹ ʔiH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*na/ /*ʔ(r)ək-s/
English as, like, if thought (n.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 如 如 意
Reading # 1/2 2/2 1/1
No. 9623 9631 15153
Phonetic
component 		女 女 意
Rime
group 		魚 魚 代
Rime
subdivision 		0 0 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		如 洳 意
Old
Chinese 		/*nja/ /*njas/ /*qɯɡs/

Verb

如意

  1. to be as one wishes; to be satisfactory
    誰有不如意的時候。 [MSC, trad.]
    谁有不如意的时候。 [MSC, simp.]
    Shéi yǒu bù rúyì de shíhòu.
    We've all been through hard times before.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

如意

如意 (rúyì, “sceptre”)
  1. ceremonial sceptre (auspicious decorative object associated with Chinese Buddhist ritual made from bone or jade, with a cloud or lingzhi-shaped head and slightly curved handle)
  2. backscratcher

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (如意):
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia