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Found in various historical dictionaries such as Yupian 《玉篇(Yùpiān)》 and Guangyun 《廣韻(Guǎngyùn)》.
In the 1956 first round revision table of variant Chinese characters (第一批异体字整理表) by the People's Republic of China, 蒞 / 莅(lì) and 涖(lì) were listed as variant forms that were replaced by 莅 as the orthodox form.
Etymology 1
For pronunciation and definitions of 莅 – see 蒞 (“to attend; to arrive; to manage”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of蒞).
Notes:
Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.
In mainland China, 蒞 / 莅(lì) and 涖(lì) are considered as variant forms of 莅 which is used as the orthodox form.
In Taiwan, 蒞 / 莅(lì) is considered as the orthodox form while 涖(lì) is a variant form of 蒞 / 莅(lì). This character, 莅 is a rarely encountered character (生僻字(shēngpìzì)) in modern Taiwan.