脷

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脷 U+8137, 脷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8137
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Translingual

Han character

脷 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 月竹木弓 (BHDN), composition ⿰⺼利)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 985, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2078, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8137

Chinese

trad. 脷
simp. # 脷
alternative forms 利
唎
Wikipedia has articles on:
  • 脷 (Cantonese)
  • 脷 (Written Standard Chinese?)

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声) : semantic ⺼ (“meat”) + phonetic 利. Specialization of 利 (“benefit; profit”).

Etymology

From 利 (“benefit; profit”), used as a euphemism for 舌 (“tongue”), which is homophonous to 折, 蝕 / 蚀 (“to be at a loss”).

Alternatively, it may be from 舐 (OC *ɦljeʔ, “to lick”), preserving the Old Chinese initial *l- (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

Note:
  • lei5* - as an independent word or the head of a compound;
  • lei5 - in compounds (not as the head).

Definitions

脷

  1. (Cantonese, dialectal Hakka) tongue (human or animal) (Classifier: 條／条 c)
  2. (Hakka, Sichuanese) tongue of an animal

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 舌頭 (“tongue”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 舌
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 舌頭, 舌
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 舌頭
Taiwan 舌頭
Langfang 舌頭
Chengde 舌頭
Ulanhot 舌頭
Tongliao 舌頭
Chifeng 舌頭
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 舌頭
Heihe 舌頭
Qiqihar 舌頭
Harbin 舌頭
Jiamusi 舌頭
Baicheng 舌頭
Changchun 舌頭
Tonghua 舌頭
Shenyang 舌頭
Jinzhou 舌頭
Malaysia 舌頭
Singapore 舌頭
Olginsky (Mikhaylovka) 舌頭
Jilu Mandarin Tianjin 舌頭
Tangshan 舌頭
Cangzhou 舌頭
Baoding 舌頭
Shijiazhuang 舌頭
Lijin 舌頭
Jinan 舌頭
Jiaoliao Mandarin Dalian 舌頭
Dandong 舌頭
Yantai 舌頭
Yantai (Muping) 舌頭
Qingdao 舌頭
Zhucheng 舌頭
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 舌頭
Lingbao 舌頭
Jining 舌頭
Daming 舌頭
Wanrong 舌頭
Linfen 舌頭
Shangqiu 舌頭
Yuanyang 舌頭
Zhengzhou 舌頭
Kaifeng 舌頭
Xinyang 舌頭
Baihe 舌頭
Xi'an 舌頭
Baoji 舌頭
Tianshui 舌頭
Xining 舌頭, 舌
Xuzhou 舌頭
Fuyang 舌頭
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 舌頭
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 舌頭
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 舌頭
Bayanhot 舌頭
Lanzhou 舌頭
Dunhuang 舌頭
Hami 舌頭
Ürümqi 舌頭
Jimsar 舌頭
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 舌頭兒
Nanchong 舌頭
Dazhou 舌頭
Hanyuan 舌頭兒
Xichang 舌頭
Zigong 舌頭
Chongqing 舌頭兒
Wuhan 舌頭, 賺頭
Yichang 舌頭, 賺頭
Xiangyang 舌頭
Tianmen 舌頭
Guiyang 舌頭
Zunyi 舌頭, 舌條兒
Bijie 舌頭
Liping 舌頭, 舌條
Zhaotong 舌頭
Dali 舌頭
Kunming 舌頭
Mengzi 舌頭
Guilin 舌頭
Guilin (Lingui) 舌頭
Liuzhou 脷錢
Liuzhou (Luorong) 舌頭
Nanning (Wuming) 脷錢, 脷
Jishou 舌頭兒
Changde 舌子
Yongzhou 舌頭
Hanzhong 舌頭
Kokang 舌頭
Dagudi (Maliba) 舌頭
Reshuitang (Longling) 舌頭
Mae Salong (Lancang) 舌頭
Mae Sai (Tengchong) 舌頭
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 舌頭
Yangzhou 舌頭
Lianyungang 舌頭
Lianshui 舌頭
Xinghua 舌頭
Nantong 舌頭
Anqing 舌條
Wuhu 舌條
Hefei 舌頭
Huanggang 舌頭
Hong'an 舌頭, 賺頭
Mandarin Nanping (Yanping) 舌頭
Cantonese Guangzhou 脷
Hong Kong 脷
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 脷
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 脷
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 脷
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 脷
Macau 脷
Guangzhou (Panyu) 脷
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 脷
Guangzhou (Conghua) 脷
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 脷
Foshan 脷
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 脷
Foshan (Shunde) 脷
Foshan (Sanshui) 脷
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 脷
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 脷
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 脷
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 脷
Zhuhai (Doumen) 脷
Jiangmen (Baisha) 脷
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 脷
Taishan 脷
Kaiping (Chikan) 脷
Enping (Niujiang) 脷
Heshan (Yayao) 脷
Dongguan 脷
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 脷
Shenzhen (Dapeng) 脷
Qingyuan 脷
Fogang 脷
Yingde (Hanguang) 脷
Yangshan 脷
Lianshan (Butian) 脷
Shaoguan 脷
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 脷
Renhua 脷, 舌頭
Lechang 脷
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 脷
Sihui 脷
Guangning 脷, 舌
Deqing 脷
Huaiji 舌, 脷
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 舌頭, 舌, 舌脷
Yunfu 脷
Xinxing 脷
Luoding 脷, 脷頭
Yunan (Pingtai) 脷頭
Yangjiang 脷
Xinyi 脷
Maoming (Xinpo) 脷
Lianjiang 脷
Wuchuan (Wuyang) 脷
Nanning 脷錢, 脷
Nanning (Tanka) 脷錢
Wuzhou 脷
Yulin 脷錢
Hepu (Lianzhou) 脷錢, 舌頭
Hepu (Shatian) 脷頭, 舌頭
Guiping 脷錢
Guiping (Mule) 舌頭
Pingnan 脷
Mengshan (Xihe) 舌
Guigang (Gangcheng) 脷
Guigang (Nanjiang) 脷
Guigang (Pingdong) 脷
Beiliu (Tangliao) 脷錢
Baise 脷錢
Bobai 脷錢
Lingshan 脷
Pubei 脷錢
Qinzhou 脷錢
Beihai 脷錢, 脷, 舌頭
Beihai (Nankang) 舌頭
Beihai (Yingpan) 舌頭
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) 脷
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) 脷
Ningming 脷錢
Hengzhou 脷
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) 舌頭
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) 脷
Danzhou 舌頭臉
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 脷
Singapore (Guangfu) 脷
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 脷
Móng Cái 脷
Yangon (Taishan) 脷
Mandalay (Taishan) 脷
Bangkok (Guangfu) 脷
Gan Nanchang 舌頭
Lichuan 舌
Pingxiang 舌頭, 舌子
Hakka Meixian 舌嫲
Xingning 舌嫲
Dabu (Xihe) 舌嫲
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 脷
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) 脷
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) 脷
Huiyang 舌嫲
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) 脷頭
Huidong (Daling) 舌嫲
Dongguan (Qingxi) 舌嫲
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) 脷
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) 脷
Boluo (Bendihua) 脷, 脷伊
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 舌嫲
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) 舌嫲
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 舌嫲
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 舌嫲
Wuhua (Shuizhai) 舌嫲
Wuhua (Huacheng) 舌嫲
Wuhua (Changbu) 舌嫲
Wuhua (Mianyang) 舌嫲
Heyuan (Bendihua) 脷
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) 舌嫲
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) 脷勢, 舌頭, 舌嫲
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) 脷頭
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) 脷, 脷頭
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) 脷
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) 舌嫲, 舌脷
Nanxiong (Zhuji) 舌頭
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 舌頭
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) 舌脷
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) 舌脷
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 舌嫲
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 舌嫲
Jiexi 舌嫲
Luhe 舌嫲
Changting 舌頭
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 舌嫲, 舌子
Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding) 舌頭
Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding) 舌嫲
Wuping 舌嫲
Wuping (Pingyu) 舌嫲
Liancheng 舌頭
Liancheng (Peitian) 口舌
Liancheng (Zhongbao) 舌
Liancheng (Laiyuan) 舌頭
Ninghua 舌頭
Yudu 舌頭, 舌刁
Ruijin 舌頭
Shicheng 舌咀
Shangyou (Shexi) 舌刁
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 舌嫲
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 舌嫲
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 舌嫲
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 舌嫲
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 舌嫲
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 舌
Hong Kong 舌嫲
Luchuan (Daqiao) 脷錢
Bobai (Shahe) 脷錢
Beiliu (Tang'an) 舌嫲頭
Mashan (Pianlian) 舌嫲
Sabah (Longchuan) 舌嫲
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu) 舌嫲
Senai (Huiyang) 舌嫲
Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) 舌嫲
Singkawang 舌嫲
Singapore (Meixian) 舌嫲
Singapore (Dabu) 舌嫲
Bangkok (Meixian) 舌嫲
Bangkok (Fengshun) 舌嫲
Bangkok (Jiexi) 舌嫲
Huizhou Jixi 口舌
Shexian 口舌, 嘴舌
Huangshan (Tunxi) 舌兒
Xiuning 舌兒
Yixian 舌
Qimen 舌條
Wuyuan 舌頭
Fuliang 舌條
Dexing 舌頭
Shitai (Xianyu) 舌條
Jin Taiyuan 舌頭
Pingyao 舌頭
Yangyuan 舌頭
Datong 舌頭
Xinzhou 舌頭
Lüliang (Lishi) 舌頭
Changzhi 舌頭
Taibus (Baochang) 舌頭
Linhe 舌頭
Jining 舌頭
Hohhot 舌頭
Baotou 舌頭
Dongsheng 舌頭
Haibowan 舌頭
Erenhot 舌頭
Pingshan 舌頭
Zhangjiakou 舌頭
Handan 舌頭
Linzhou 舌頭
Suide 舌頭
Northern Min Jian'ou 舌
Jian'ou (Dikou) 喙舌
Zhenghe 舌
Zhenghe (Zhenqian) 喙舌
Wuyishan 舌
Pucheng (Shibei) 舌
Eastern Min Fuzhou 喙舌
Fuzhou (Changle) 喙舌
Fuqing 喙舌
Yongtai 喙舌
Gutian 喙舌
Fu'an 喙舌
Ningde 喙舌
Shouning 喙舌
Zhouning 喙舌
Fuding 喙舌
Matsu 抹老, 舌, 喙舌
Southern Min Xiamen 舌仔
Quanzhou 舌仔
Anxi 喙舌
Yongchun 喙舌
Zhangzhou 舌仔
Zhangzhou (Changtai) 舌仔
Zhao'an 舌
Dongshan 舌
Taipei 喙舌
New Taipei (Sanxia) 喙舌
Kaohsiung 舌
Yilan 舌, 喙舌
Changhua (Lukang) 舌
Taichung 喙舌
Taichung (Wuqi) 喙舌
Tainan 舌
Taitung 喙舌
Hsinchu 喙舌
Kinmen 舌
Penghu (Magong) 舌
Penang (Hokkien) 舌
Singapore (Hokkien) 舌
Manila (Hokkien) 舌仔
Longyan 舌仔
Zhangping 舌
Zhangping (Yongfu) 舌
Datian 舌頭
Pingnan (Shangdu) 舌頭
Chaozhou 舌
Shantou 舌
Shantou (Chenghai) 舌
Jieyang 舌, 舌囝
Haifeng 舌
Bangkok (Teochew) 舌
Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew) 舌
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 舌
Singapore (Teochew) 舌
Leizhou 舌
Wenchang 舌
Haikou 舌
Tunchang 舌
Singapore (Hainanese) 舌
Puxian Min Putian 喙舌
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 喙舌
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) 喙舌
Xianyou 喙舌
Xianyou (Fengting) 喙舌
Xianyou (Youyang) 喙舌
Central Min Yong'an 舌
Sanming (Shaxian) 舌
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 脷
Zhongshan (Sanxiang) 舌
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 脷錢
Nanning (Shajing) 脷錢
Binyang (Xinqiao) 脷錢
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 舌頭
Guilin (Chaoyang) 舌子
Guilin (Zhuyuan) 舌頭
Shehua Fu'an 舌
Fuding 嘴舌
Luoyuan 嘴舌
Sanming 舌
Shunchang 舌
Hua'an 舌
Guixi (Zhangping) 舌
Cangnan 舌
Jingning (Hexi) 舌
Lishui 舌
Longyou 舌
Chaozhou 舌
Fengshun 舌嫲
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 舌頭
Wu Shanghai 舌頭, 門腔 slang
Shanghai (Songjiang) 舌頭
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) 舌頭
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) 舌頭
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) 舌頭
Shanghai (Chongming) 舌頭
Suzhou 舌頭
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) 舌頭
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) 舌頭
Wuxi 舌頭
Changshu 舌頭
Kunshan 舌頭
Jiaxing 舌頭
Changzhou 舌頭
Liyang 舌頭
Yixing 舌頭
Danyang 舌頭
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) 舌頭
Jingjiang 舌頭
Jiangyin 舌頭
Huzhou (Shuanglin) 舌頭
Hangzhou 舌頭
Shaoxing 舌苔
Zhuji (Wangjiajing) 舌頭
Shengzhou (Chongren) 舌頭
Shengzhou (Taiping) 舌頭
Ningbo 舌頭
Yuyao 舌頭
Taizhou (Huangyan) 口舌
Wenzhou 口舌
Quzhou 舌頭
Jinhua 口舌
Yongkang 口舌
Xiang Changsha 舌子
Loudi 舌子
Shuangfeng 舌子
Hengyang 舌子
Quanzhou 舌子
Guanyang (Wenshi) 舌子

Compounds

References

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