肋

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肋 U+808B, 肋
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-808B
← 肊
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 肌 →
肋 U+F953, 肋
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F953
← 勒
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 凜 →

Translingual

Han character

肋 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 月大尸 (BKS), four-corner 74227, composition ⿰⺼力)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 973, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29239
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1424, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2043, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+808B

Chinese

trad. 肋
simp. # 肋

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 肋
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Characters in the same phonetic series (力) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
勒 *rɯːɡ
肋 *rɯːɡ
扐 *rɯːɡ
仂 *rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
艻 *rɯːɡ
朸 *rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
玏 *rɯːɡ
泐 *rɯːɡ, *rɯɡ
阞 *rɯːɡ
竻 *rɯːɡ
力 *rɯɡ
屴 *rɯɡ
鳨 *rɯɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rɯːɡ) : phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ) + semantic 肉 (“meat; body part”)

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Note:
  • Quanzhou:
    • liak - colloquial variant.
Rime
Character 肋
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 德 (131)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 盧則切
Baxter lok
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lək̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lək̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lək̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lək̚/
Li
Rong 		/lək̚/
Wang
Li 		/lək̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/lək̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lè
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lak6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 肋
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		lèi
Middle
Chinese 		‹ lok ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ˁək/
English rib

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.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 肋
Reading # 1/1
No. 7845
Phonetic
component 		力
Rime
group 		職
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		勒
Old
Chinese 		/*rɯːɡ/

Definitions

肋

  1. rib
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 肋骨 (“rib”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 肋, 脅
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 肋骨
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 肋巴骨, 肋搭骨, 肋條骨
Taiwan 肋骨
Ulanhot 肋條骨
Tongliao 肋條骨
Chifeng 肋骨
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 肋條骨
Harbin 肋巴骨, 肋骨, 肋巴扇子, 肋巴
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 肋條骨, 肋條
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 肋巴
Qingdao 肋巴條子, 肋巴骨
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 肋巴
Wanrong 肋肢
Xi'an 肋子骨
Xining 肋巴骨, 肋巴
Xuzhou 肋巴骨
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 肋巴骨, 胸杈子
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 肋子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 肋巴
Bayanhot 肋巴
Lanzhou 肋巴
Ürümqi 肋巴骨
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 肋巴骨
Wuhan 婆羅骨, 排子骨
Guiyang 肋巴骨
Liuzhou 肋巴骨, 肋𩩍骨
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 肋幫骨
Yangzhou 肋身骨, 肋巴骨, 肋骨
Nantong 肋膀骨, 肋身骨
Huanggang 排盧骨
Cantonese Guangzhou 肋骨, 𩩍骨
Hong Kong 肋骨, 𩩍骨
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 𩩍骨
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 肋赤骨
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 間仔骨
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 肋耕骨
Macau 肋骨
Guangzhou (Panyu) 肋骨
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 掩𩩍骨
Guangzhou (Conghua) 心口骨
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 肋骨
Foshan 肋骨
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 𩩍骨
Foshan (Shunde) 肋骨
Foshan (Sanshui) 𩩍骨
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 𩩍骨
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 肋骨
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 肋骨
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 肋骨
Zhuhai (Doumen) 肋骨
Jiangmen (Baisha) 肋骨
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 肋骨
Taishan 掩仔骨
Kaiping (Chikan) 掩仔骨
Enping (Niujiang) 𩩍仔骨
Heshan (Yayao) 肋骨
Dongguan 肋坑骨, 肋骨
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 肋耕
Shaoguan 肋骨
Yunfu 𩩍骨
Xinyi 肋骨
Lianjiang 肋骨
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 排骨
Gan Nanchang 肋巴骨
Lichuan 排扇骨
Pingxiang 肋塞骨, 肋塞
Hakka Meixian 掩跛骨, 胸前骨, 肋骨
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 肋耕仔
Dongguan (Qingxi) 肋耕仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 肋耕仔
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 鹽雞骨
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 掩耕骨
Changting 肋骨
Wuping 營坑骨
Liancheng 演枉骨
Ninghua 排生骨
Yudu 排山骨
Shicheng 排骨
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 𩩍籬骨
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 𩩍籬骨
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 𩩍籬骨
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 𩩍籬骨
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 𩩍琵骨
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 排子骨
Hong Kong 肋梗仔
Huizhou Jixi 肋血骨
Jin Taiyuan 肋羅齒
Xinzhou 肋肢
Taibus (Baochang) 肋肢
Linhe 肋肢
Jining 肋骨
Hohhot 肋子
Baotou 肋骨
Dongsheng 肋肢
Haibowan 肋條
Northern Min Jian'ou 排比骨
Eastern Min Fuzhou 肋條骨, 肋排骨
Fuzhou (Changle) 肋排骨
Fuqing 肋條骨
Yongtai 肋排骨
Gutian 肋排骨
Fu'an 排骨
Ningde 排骨
Shouning 排骨
Zhouning 脅邊
Fuding 肋排骨
Southern Min Xiamen 胸坎骨, 𩩍枝骨, 排骨
Xiamen (Tong'an) 𩩍條骨
Quanzhou 胸坎骨, 𩩍枝骨, 排骨
Jinjiang 𩩍枝骨
Zhangzhou 胸坎骨, 籤仔骨, 排骨
Taipei (Wanhua) 𩩍骨
Kaohsiung 箅仔骨
Yilan 排仔骨
Changhua (Lukang) 排仔骨
Taichung 排仔骨
Taichung (Wuqi) 排仔骨
Tainan 箅仔骨
Taitung 排仔骨
Hsinchu 排仔骨
Penghu (Magong) 箅仔骨
Penang (Hokkien) 胸坎骨
Singapore (Hokkien) 胸坎骨
Manila (Hokkien) 排骨, 胸坎骨, 𩩍枝骨
Shantou 肋骨, 𩩍籬骨
Jieyang 𩩍籬骨, 𩩍籬
Haifeng 𩩍籬
Bangkok (Teochew) 𩩍籬骨
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 𩩍籬骨
Leizhou 索條骨
Wenchang 肋骨
Haikou 胸程骨, 胸格骨
Puxian Min Putian 𩩍骨, 胸骨
Xianyou 𩩍骨, 胸骨
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 𩩍條骨
Wu Shanghai 肋棚骨
Shanghai (Chongming) 肋棚骨
Suzhou 肋棚骨
Wuxi 肚棚骨
Danyang 肋排骨, 肋骨
Hangzhou 肋棚骨
Ningbo 肋排骨
Wenzhou 肚棚骨
Jinhua 皮子骨
Xiang Changsha 肋巴骨, 排肋骨
Hengyang 肋巴骨頭

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

肋

  1. Only used in 肋脦 (lēte).

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of 肋 – see 筋 (“tendon; sinew; muscle; etc.”).
(This character is a variant form of 筋).

References

Japanese

Kanji

肋

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. rib

Readings

  • Go-on: ろく (roku)
  • Kan-on: ろく (roku)
  • Kun: あばら (abara, 肋)、ばら (bara, 肋)

Compounds

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
肋
あばら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

By extension from 荒, 荒ら (abara), "loosely spaced with sizable gaps", itself possibly related to the root ばら (bara), "scattered".

Pronunciation

Noun

肋(あばら) • (abara) 

  1. short for 肋骨 (abarabone): rib (body part)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
肋
ばら
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Shortened from あばら (abara).

Pronunciation

Noun

肋(ばら) or 肋(バラ) • (bara) 

  1. short for 肋肉 (baraniku): rib (meat, generally beef or pork)
Usage notes

This word is more often spelled in hiragana as ばら or in katakana as バラ.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 肋 (MC lok). Recorded as Middle Korean 륵〮 (lúk) (Yale: luk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

肋 (eumhun 갈비 륵 (galbi reuk), word-initial (South Korea) 갈비 늑 (galbi neuk))

  1. hanja form? of ] (“rib”)

Compounds

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

肋: Hán Nôm readings: lặc

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