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Translingual
Han character
羸 (Kangxi radical 123, 羊+13, 19 strokes, cangjie input 卜弓廿手 (YNTQ), four-corner 00217, composition ⿱吂⿲月羊凡)
- weak, lean, emaciated, exhausted
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 954, character 24
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28583
- Dae Jaweon: page 1399, character 18
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2122, character 19
- Unihan data for U+7FB8
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 驘
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*roːl
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| 鸁
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*roːl
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| 蠃
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*roːl, *roːlʔ
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| 臝
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*roːlʔ
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| 羸
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*rol
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Pronunciation
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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羸
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羸
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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léi
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léi
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ ljwe ›
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‹ ljwe ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*o/
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/*o/
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| English
|
emaciated; weak
|
entangle
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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羸
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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8693
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Phonetic
component
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蠃
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Rime
group
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歌
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Rime
subdivision
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3
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Corresponding
MC rime
|
羸
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Old
Chinese
|
/*rol/
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Definitions
羸
- (literary) in a weak or exhausted state
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
羸
(Hyōgai kanji)
- to grow haggard; to get thin
- weak; frail
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 羸 (MC ljwe).
Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
羸 (eumhun 파리할 리 (parihal ri), word-initial (South Korea) 파리할 이 (parihal i))
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Compounds
References
