璃

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See also: 琍
璃 U+7483, 璃
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7483
← 璂
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 璄 →

Translingual

Han character

璃 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜山月 (MGYUB), four-corner 10127, composition ⿰𤣩离)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 740, character 26
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21196
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 17
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1132, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+7483

Chinese

trad. 璃
simp. # 璃
2nd round simp. 玏
alternative forms 瓈／璃
琍

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (离) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
謧 *reːl, *rel
璃 *reːl, *rel
離 *reːls, *rel, *rels
縭 *rel
离 *rel, *r̥ʰel
醨 *rel
樆 *rel
褵 *rel
漓 *rel
黐 *rel, *r̥ʰel
籬 *rel
灕 *rel
蘺 *rel
攡 *rel
魑 *r̥ʰel
螭 *r̥ʰel
摛 *r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *reːl, *rel): semantic 王 (“jade”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 璃
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 支 (11)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 呂支切
Baxter lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljɛ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liə̆/
Li
Rong 		/lie/
Wang
Li 		/lǐe/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lie̯/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lei4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 璃 璃
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7778 7781
Phonetic
component 		离 离
Rime
group 		歌 歌
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		黎 離
Old
Chinese 		/*reːl/ /*rel/
Notes 瓈今字 琉璃譯vaiḍūrya漢書西域傳譯作璧流離

Definitions

璃

  1. only used in 玻璃 (bōli) and 琉璃 (liúlí)

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (璃):
  • → Vietnamese: li (璃)

Japanese

Kanji

璃

(Jōyō kanji)

  1. glassy
  2. lapis lazuli

Readings

  • Go-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
  • Kan-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
  • Nanori: あき (aki)

Compounds

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璃 (MC lje). Recorded as Middle Korean 리 (li) (Yale: li) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

璃 (eumhun 유리 리 (yuri ri), word-initial (South Korea) 유리 이 (yuri i))

  1. hanja form? of 리/이 (“glassy”)

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

璃: Hán Nôm readings: ly, li, lê

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References

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
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