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U+91D0, 釐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91D0

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 166, +11, 18 strokes, cangjie input 十大一田土 (JKMWG), four-corner 58214, composition 𠩺)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1292, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40146
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1795, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3684, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+91D0

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *rɯ) : phonetic 𠩺 () + semantic .

Pronunciation 1

trad. /*
simp. *
alternative forms 𨤺 ancient

Note: lei4-1 - alternative pronunciation for unit of interest.

Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (19)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
Baxter li
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lɨ/
Pan
Wuyun
/lɨ/
Shao
Rongfen
/lie/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɨ/
Li
Rong
/liə/
Wang
Li
/lĭə/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/li/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lei4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
Middle
Chinese
‹ li ›
Old
Chinese
/*ə/
English regulate, govern

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
Reading # 1/1
No. 7802
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯ/
Notes

Definitions

Wikipedia has articles on:
  1. centi- (SI unit prefix)
      ―    ―  centimeter
  2. cash, a unit of weight, equal to one tenth of a (fēn, “candareen”)
  3. 0.001 dollars, yuan, etc.; 0.1 cents, fen, etc. (currency unit)
  4. unit of monthly interest (0.01%), unit of annual interest (1%)
    年息年息 [Cantonese]  ―  nin4 sik1 loeng5 lei4-1   ―  annual interest rate of 2%
  5. Alternative form of ()

See also

SI prefix
Last Next
(háo)
Chinese historical small numbers
Value Character Notes
10-1 (fèn) Still in use. SI prefix deci-.
10-2 (), () Still in use. SI prefix centi-.
10-3 (háo) Still in use. SI prefix milli-. Also (máo).
10-4 () Rarely used today.
(miǎo) Obsolete, only in ancient texts.
10-5 () Rarely used today.
10-6 (wēi) Still in use. SI prefix micro-.
10-7 (xiān) Obsolete.
10-8 (shā) Obsolete.
10-9 (chén) Obsolete. () and (nài) are used for nano-.
10-10 (āi) Obsolete. In modern use, the character for angstrom (10-10 m).
10-11 (miǎo) Obsolete.
10-12 () Obsolete. () is used for SI prefix pico-.

Compounds

Descendants

  • Thai: หลี (hlǐi, a unit of length and weight)

Pronunciation 2

trad.
simp. #

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of (, auspicious; lucky)
  2. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. few
  2. one tenth of a bu

Readings

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

(eumhun 고칠 (gochil ri), word-initial (South Korea) 고칠 (gochil i))

  1. manage, control
  2. 1/1000 of a foot

Etymology 2

Hanja

(eumhun 제육 (jeyuk hui))

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Etymology 3

Hanja

(eumhun 보리 (bori rae), word-initial (South Korea) 보리 (bori nae))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: li, ly

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References