腿

腿	U+817F, 腿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-817F

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CJK Unified Ideographs

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Translingual

Han character

腿 (Kangxi radical 130, 肉+10, 14 strokes, cangjie input 月卜日女 (BYAV), four-corner 7723₃, composition ⿰⺼退)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 990, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 29747
Dae Jaweon: page 1443, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2099, character 12
Unihan data for U+817F

Chinese

trad.		腿
simp. ^#		腿
alternative forms		𦚣

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (退) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
腿	*n̥ʰuːlʔ
退	*n̥ʰuːbs
褪	*n̥ʰuːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *n̥ʰuːlʔ) : semantic 肉 (“flesh”) + phonetic 退 (OC *n̥ʰuːbs).

Etymology

Originally 骽 (OC *n̥ʰuːlʔ).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): tuǐ (tui³)

(Zhuyin): ㄊㄨㄟˇ

(Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): tui³

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): туй (tuy, II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): teoi²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thúi
Eastern Min (BUC): tōi
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): thúi

(Teochew, Peng'im): tui²
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵the / ³the
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): tei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: tuěi
  - Wade–Giles: tʻui³
  - Yale: twěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: toei
  - Palladius: туй (tuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴/
- (Chengdu)
  - Sichuanese Pinyin: tui³
  - Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: tui
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuei⁵³/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: туй (tuy, II)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰuei⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: teoi²
  - Yale: téui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: toey²
  - Guangdong Romanization: têu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɵy̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thúi
  - Hakka Romanization System: tui`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tui³
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰu̯i³¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: tōi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰøy³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thúi
  - Tâi-lô: thuí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: tuie
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tʰui⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰui⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰui⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tʰui⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰui⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: tui²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thúi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰui⁵²/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵the
  - MiniDict: the^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²the
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /tʰe³⁴/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ³the
  - MiniDict: the^上
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /tʰe⁵¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: tei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰe̞i̯⁴¹/

Middle Chinese: thwojX

Rime
Character	腿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	透 (6)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	吐猥切
Baxter	thwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tʰuʌi^X/
Pan Wuyun	/tʰuoi^X/
Shao Rongfen	/tʰuɒi^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tʰwəj^X/
Li Rong	/tʰuᴀi^X/
Wang Li	/tʰuɒi^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/tʰuɑ̆i^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	tuǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	teoi²

Old Chinese
(Zhengzhang): /*n̥ʰuːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	腿
Reading #	1/1
No.	12535
Phonetic component	退
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	骽
Old Chinese	/*n̥ʰuːlʔ/
Notes	俗骽字應爲妥聲

Definitions

腿

leg (Classifier: 條／条)
大腿 ― dàtuǐ ― thigh

小腿 ― xiǎotuǐ ― lower leg
base; leg; foundation
桌腿 ― zhuōtuǐ ― leg of the table
(in compounds) ham
金腿 ― jīntuǐ ― Jinhua ham

宣腿 ― xuāntuǐ ― Xuanwei ham

腿蛋治 [Cantonese] ― teoi² daan^6-2 zi⁶ ― ham and egg sandwich
(Xiang) to joke
你莫腿囉。／你莫腿啰。 [Xiang] ― nyi³ mo⁶ tei³ lo [Wiktionary] ― You don't joke.