儷

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See also: 俪
儷 U+5137, 儷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5137
← 儶
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 儸 →

Translingual

Han character

儷 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人一一心 (OMMP), four-corner 21211, composition ⿰亻麗)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 238, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5137

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儷
s05816
Transcribed ancient scripts
L02321
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).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
灑 *sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭 *sreːl, *srel
躧 *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬 *sreːls, *srels
廲 *reːl
驪 *reːl, *rel
鱺 *reːlʔ
欐 *reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽 *reːls
麗 *reːls, *rel
儷 *reːls
鸝 *rel
酈 *rel, *reːɡ
孋 *rel
矖 *rel, *srelʔ
穲 *rel
邐 *relʔ
彲 *r̥ʰel
釃 *srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹 *srel, *srels
纚 *srelʔ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːls) : semantic 人 (“person”) + phonetic 麗 (OC *reːls, *rel).

Etymology 1

trad. 儷
simp. 俪

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 儷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎計切
Baxter lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/leiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/leiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛjH/
Li
Rong 		/leiH/
Wang
Li 		/lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 儷
Reading # 1/1
No. 7915
Phonetic
component 		丽
Rime
group 		歌
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		麗
Old
Chinese 		/*reːls/

Definitions

儷

  1. married couple
  2. (poetry) of a couplet

Compounds

Etymology 2

trad. 儷
simp. 俪
alternative forms 㑚
囇
僅／仅

Pronunciation

Definitions

儷

  1. (Eastern Min) only
    伊儷食菜，伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
    伊俪食菜，伓食肉。 [Eastern Min, simp.]
    Ĭ nâ siăh>siĕh chái, n̂g-siăh>siĕh nṳ̆k. / [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    He only eats vegetables, and does not eat meat.

Japanese

Kanji

儷

(Hyōgai kanji)

  1. companion

Readings

  • On (unclassified): れい (rei)
  • Kun: つれあい (tsureai)、ならぶ (narabu)

Korean

Hanja

儷 (eum 려 (ryeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

儷: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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References

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