麗

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麗 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一一月月心 (MMBBP), four-corner 1121₁, composition ⿱丽鹿)

• 儷, 囇, 㿛, 孋, 矖, 䚕, 𧢮, 𦘐, 彲, 囇, 𠮔, 𣀷, 攦, 躧, 𢥬, 𫇃, 𧥖, 𣰿, 曬, 𨰣, 𤫟, 灑, 欐, 𬅛, 䕻, 穲, 籭, 纚, 𮉟, 𡔉, 𪩠, 襹, 𩎉, 釃, 酈, 𨟫, 𮠑, 廲, 𢌒, 𥜰, 邐, 𨏽, 𠠫, 𦌿, 驪, 𮪜, 𧕯, 鱺, 鸝, 𪈳

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1510, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47663
• Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4732, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9E97

• Unihan data for U+F988

Historical forms of the character 麗
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Pictogram (象形) – a deer with antlers.

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructed this word's OC pronunciation as *rêh and considered it a possible allofam of 麗 (OC *rê(k)h) "number" < "what is calculated", exopassive derivative of 歷 (OC *rêk) "to calculate".

麗 underwent this historical semantic shift: from "a pair" (Zhouli), to "mate, companion" (儷) (Zuo), to "paired", to "well-proportioned" (Liji), and finally to "elegant, beautiful" (Chuci) as well as "refinement" (Shu).

麗

1. beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant
2. to adhere; to attach to

   alt. forms: 離 / 离

3. Alternative form of 儷 / 俪 (lì, “in pair”)

• 美好 (měihǎo)
• 華美／华美 (huáměi)
• 漂亮 (piàoliang)

麗

1. Only used in 高麗／高丽 (Gāolí, “Goryeo”) and 高句麗／高句丽 (Gāogōulí, “Goguryeo”).
   1. (Korean Classical Chinese) Short for 高麗 / 高丽 (“Goryeo”).

      麗祖 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여조 Yeojo [Sino-Korean]  ―  King Taejo of Goryeo

      麗末 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여말 Yeomal [Sino-Korean]  ―  end of the Goryeo period

      麗史 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여사 Yeosa [Sino-Korean]  ―  history of the Goryeo

      麗制 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여제 Yeoje [Sino-Korean]  ―  policies of the Goryeo

2. Only used in 麗水／丽水 (Líshuǐ, “Lishui”).

Shinjitai	麗
Kyūjitai [1]	麗 麗 or 麗+︀?
	麗󠄁 麗+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	麗󠄃 麗+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麗)

1. lovely
2. beautiful
3. graceful
4. resplendent

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC lejH):

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC lje):

• Go-on: り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: うるわしい (uruwashii, 麗しい, Jōyō)、うらら (urara, 麗ら)、うららか (uraraka, 麗らか)、かかる (kakaru, 麗かる)、つく (tsuku, 麗く)、つける (tsukeru, 麗ける)、つらなる (tsuranaru, 麗なる)、ならぶ (narabu, 麗ぶ)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)、かず (kazu)、つぐ (tsugu)、つら (tsura)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)

• 綺(き)麗(れい) (kirei): beauty
• 口(くち)奇(ぎ)麗(れい) (kuchigirei): speaking elegantly, speaking clearly, speaking innocently

麗(れい) • (Rei) 

1. a female given name

麗 (eumhun 고울 려 (goul ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 고울 여 (goul yeo))

1. hanja form^? of ] (“beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant”)

• 고려 (高麗, Goryeo, “Goryeo”)
• 고구려 (高句麗, Goguryeo, “Goguryeo”)
• 화려 (華麗, hwaryeo, “gorgeous; splendid; resplendent”)
• 여수 (麗水, Yeosu, “Yeosu”)

• 䴡 (lệ)^[1]
• 𪋘 (lệ)^[2]

麗: Hán Việt readings: lệ (郎(lang)計(kế)切(thiết))^[3][4][5], li (鄰(lân)知(tri)切(thiết))^[4]
麗: Nôm readings: rạy^[6][4], li^[4]

1. chữ Hán form of Lệ (“female given name”).
2. chữ Hán form of li / ly.
3. Nôm form of rạy.