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U+5121, 儡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5121

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 人田田田 (OWWW), four-corner 26260, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 120, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1249
  • Dae Jaweon: page 254, character 14
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 234, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5121

Chinese

simp. and trad.
2nd round simp.

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls) : semantic (man) + phonetic (OC *ruːl)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • lúi - literary;
  • lér/lé - 禮 is used more in the Mainland.

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/2 2/2
    Initial () (37) (37)
    Final () (42) (42)
    Tone (調) Level (Ø) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Closed Closed
    Division () I I
    Fanqie
    Baxter lwoj lwojX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /luʌi/ /luʌiX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /luoi/ /luoiX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /luɒi/ /luɒiX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /lwəj/ /lwəjX/
    Li
    Rong
    /luᴀi/ /luᴀiX/
    Wang
    Li
    /luɒi/ /luɒiX/
    Bernhard
    Karlgren
    /luɑ̆i/ /luɑ̆iX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    léi lěi
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    leoi4 leoi5
    Zhengzhang system (2003)
    Character
    Reading # 1/3 2/3 3/3
    No. 7711 7721 7731
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    2 2 2
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*ruːl/ /*ruːlʔ/ /*ruːls/

    Definitions

    1. Only used in 傀儡 (kuǐlěi).

    Compounds

    Japanese

    Kanji

    (Hyōgai kanji)

    1. puppet
    2. defeat

    Readings

    • Go-on: らい (rai)
    • Kan-on: らい (rai)
    • Kun: やぶれる (yabureru)つかれる (tsukareru)

    Korean

    Etymology

    From Middle Chinese (MC lwojX). Recorded as Middle Korean 뢰〯 (lwǒy) (Yale: lwǒy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

    Pronunciation

    Hanja

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 꼭두각시 (kkokdugaksi roe), word-initial (South Korea) 꼭두각시 (kkokdugaksi noe))

    1. hanja form? of ] (puppet)

    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

    : Hán Nôm readings: lỗi

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