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U+5FA0, 徠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5FA0

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 60, +8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹人木人人 (HODOO), four-corner 24298, composition )

  1. induce, encourage to come

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 368, character 21
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10155
  • Dae Jaweon: page 693, character 3
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 827, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5FA0

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Pronunciation 1



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial () (37) (37)
Final () (41) (41)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I I
Fanqie
Baxter loj lojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lʌi/ /lʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ləi/ /ləiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɒi/ /lɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləj/ /ləjH/
Li
Rong
/lᴀi/ /lᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/lɒi/ /lɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑ̆i/ /lɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lái lài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
loi4 loi6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7601 7617
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯː/ /*rɯːs/

Definitions

  1. (alt. form ) to come from a certain place to this place
      ―  zhāolái  ―  to solicit

Pronunciation 2



Rime
Character
Reading # 2/2
Initial () (37)
Final () (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () I
Fanqie
Baxter lojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/lʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/ləiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ləjH/
Li
Rong
/lᴀiH/
Wang
Li
/lɒiH/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/lɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
lài
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
loi6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7601 7617
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*rɯː/ /*rɯːs/

Definitions

  1. (alt. form ) to comfort; to console

Compounds

Japanese

Shinjitai
(extended)

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Jinmeiyō kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. to induce, to cause to come, to bring about

Readings

  • Go-on: らい (rai)
  • Kan-on: らい (rai)
  • Kun: きたす (kitasu, 徠たす)きたる (kitaru, 徠たる)くる (kuru, 徠る)

Usage notes

This character is only used in names in modern Japanese.

Korean

Hanja

(rae>nae) (hangeul >, revised rae>nae, McCune–Reischauer rae>nae, Yale lay>nay)

  1. induce
  2. encourage to come

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lại

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