勵

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See also: 劢, and 励
勵 U+52F5, 勵
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52F5
← 勴
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 勶 →
勵 U+F97F, 勵
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97F
← 量
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 呂 →

Translingual

Han character

勵 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月大尸 (MBKS), four-corner 74227, composition ⿰厲力)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 44
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2472
  • Dae Jaweon: page 338, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 381, character 17
  • Unihan data for U+52F5

Chinese

trad. 勵
simp. 励

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
糲 *m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd
犡 *m·raːds, *m·rads
噧 *hmreːds, *r̥ʰaːd
邁 *mraːds
勱 *mraːds
蠆 *m̥ʰraːds
厲 *m·rads
勵 *m·rads
礪 *m·rads
蠣 *m·rads
蠇 *m·rads
癘 *m·rads
濿 *m·rads
櫔 *m·rads
巁 *m·rads
贎 *m·rads, *mlans
萬 *mlans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·rads) : phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads) + semantic 力.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 勵
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 力制切
Baxter ljejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/liɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/liajH/
Li
Rong 		/liɛiH/
Wang
Li 		/lĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/li̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 勵
Reading # 1/1
No. 12622
Phonetic
component 		萬
Rime
group 		祭
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		例
Old
Chinese 		/*m·rads/

Definitions

勵

  1. to encourage
  2. (literary) to strive
  3. a surname

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai

励

Kyūjitai

勵

Kanji

勵

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 励)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): れい (rei)
  • Kun: はげむ (hagemu)

Korean

Hanja

勵 (eumhun 힘쓸 려 (himsseul ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 힘쓸 여 (himsseul yeo))

  1. hanja form? of 려/여 (“strive”)
  2. hanja form? of 려/여 (“encourage”)

Vietnamese

Han character

勵: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lẹ

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