蠡

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蠡 U+8821, 蠡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8821
← 蠠
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 蠢 →

Translingual

Han character

蠡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女人中戈戈 (VOLII), four-corner 27136, composition ⿱彖䖵)

  1. wood-boring insect
  2. bore into wood
  3. dipper made from the hard shell of a fruit, such as that of a calabash

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 41
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33796
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 13
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2903, character 5
  • Unihan data for U+8821

Chinese

trad. 蠡
simp. # 蠡
alternative forms 蟸

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (彖) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
蠡 *reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl
盠 *reːlʔ, *reːl
彖 *l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns
墬 *l'els
喙 *hlods, *l̥ʰjods
餯 *hlods
剶 *ʔslon, *l̥ʰon
猭 *l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons
鶨 *l̥ʰons, *l'uːns
椽 *l'on
篆 *l'onʔ
瑑 *l'onʔ
堟 *l'onʔ
蝝 *lon
緣 *lon, *lons
櫞 *lon
掾 *lons
褖 *l̥ʰoːns
湪 *l̥ʰoːns

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 蠡
Reading # 1/3
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 蠡
Reading # 2/3
No. 1465
Phonetic
component 		彖
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		離
Old
Chinese 		/*rel/

Definitions

蠡

  1. (literary) gourd ladle

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 蠡
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 盧啓切
Baxter lejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/leiX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leiX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛjX/
Li
Rong 		/leiX/
Wang
Li 		/lieiX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lieiX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lǐ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai5
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蠡
Reading # 1/3
No. 1463
Phonetic
component 		彖
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		禮
Old
Chinese 		/*reːlʔ/

Definitions

蠡

  1. (obsolete) to wear out
    • 以追蠡。
      From: Mencius, c. 4th century BCE
      Yǐ zhuīlǐ.
      Because at the pivot the knob of Yu's bells is nearly worn through.
  2. (～縣) Li County (a county of Hebei, China)

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 蠡
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 戈 (95)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) I
Fanqie 落戈切
Baxter lwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/luɑ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/luɑ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/luɑ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lwa/
Li
Rong 		/luɑ/
Wang
Li 		/luɑ/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/luɑ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		luó
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lo4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 蠡
Reading # 3/3
No. 12513
Phonetic
component 		彖
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		3
Corresponding
MC rime 		𩼊
Old
Chinese 		/*roːl/

Definitions

蠡

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of 蠃

Japanese

Kanji

蠡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)、り (ri)
  • Kun: ひさご (hisago)、にな (nina)

Korean

Hanja

蠡 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠡: Hán Nôm readings: lãi

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