肋
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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 | |
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| simp. # | 肋 | |
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 肋 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rɯːɡ) : phonetic 力 (OC *rɯɡ) + semantic 肉 (“meat; body part”)
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lèi
- Wade–Giles: lei4
- Yale: lèi
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
- Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
- Sinological IPA (key): /leɪ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄜˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lè
- Wade–Giles: lê4
- Yale: lè
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leh
- Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɤ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: lak6 / laak6
- Yale: lahk / laahk
- Cantonese Pinyin: lak9 / laak9
- Guangdong Romanization: leg6 / lag6
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɐk̚²/, /laːk̚²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
- Tâi-lô: li̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: lek
- IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /liɪk̚⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
- Tâi-lô: lia̍k
- Phofsit Daibuun: liak
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liak
- Tâi-lô: liak
- Phofsit Daibuun: liag
- IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚⁵/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
Note:
- Quanzhou:
- liak - colloquial variant.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: lêg8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: le̍k
- Sinological IPA (key): /lek̚⁴/
- Middle Chinese: lok
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*ˤək/
- (Zhengzhang): /*rɯːɡ/
Definitions
肋
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 肋骨 (“rib”)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄜ
- Tongyong Pinyin: le
- Wade–Giles: lê1
- Yale: lē
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lhe
- Palladius: лэ (lɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɤ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
Definitions
肋
- 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
- “肋”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database), 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese
Kanji
肋
Readings
Compounds
Compounds
- 肋間 (rokkan): intercostal
- 肋間神経 (rokkan shinkei): intercostal nerves
- 肋間神経痛 (rokkan shinkeitsū): intercostal neuralgia
- 肋筋 (abarakin): in reinforced concrete, the box-shaped rebar connecting the main vertical support rebar: the ribs of the structure
- 肋骨 (rokkotsu): あばらぼね, abarabone: rib, costa
- 肋材 (rokuzai): the ribs of a ship, extending upwards from the keel to the gunwale and supporting the hull
- 肋軟骨 (rokunankotsu): the costal cartilage connecting the ribs and the sternum
- 肋肉 (baraniku): rib meat, generally beef or pork
- 肋板 (rokuban): a turtle's plastron; a thwart: a steel plate or similar support running from port to starboard between the ribs of a ship to strengthen the hull
- 肋膜 (rokumaku): the pleura
- 肋膜炎 (rokumakuen): pleurisy, pleuritis
- 肋木 (rokuboku) wall bars, a kind of exercise equipment
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 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
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 肋 |
| ばら Jinmeiyō |
| kun'yomi |
Shortened from あばら (abara).
Pronunciation
Noun
Usage notes
This word is more often spelled in hiragana as ばら or in katakana as バラ.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
肋 (eumhun 갈비 륵 (galbi reuk), word-initial (South Korea) 갈비 늑 (galbi neuk))
Compounds
References
Vietnamese
Han character
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