藜

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藜 U+85DC, 藜
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-85DC
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 		CJK Unified Ideographs 藝 →

Translingual

Han character

藜 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹竹水 (THHE), four-corner 44132, composition ⿱艹黎)

  1. fat hen (Chenopodium album)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1065, character 30
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 32326
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1530, character 21
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3320, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+85DC

Chinese

trad. 藜
simp. # 藜

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (利) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
犁 *riːl, *ril
黎 *riːl
莉 *riːl, *r'il, *r'i
黧 *riːl
鯬 *riːl, *ril
筣 *riːl, *ri
蔾 *riːl, *ril
藜 *riːl
邌 *riːl
瓈 *riːl
鵹 *rel
棃 *ril
梨 *ril
蟍 *ril
蜊 *ril
鑗 *ril
利 *rids
痢 *rids
浰 *riːns

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 藜
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎奚切
Baxter lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/lei/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lei/
Shao
Rongfen 		/lɛi/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lɛj/
Li
Rong 		/lei/
Wang
Li 		/liei/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/liei/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai4
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 藜
Reading # 1/1
No. 7886
Phonetic
component 		利
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		黎
Old
Chinese 		/*riːl/

Definitions

藜

  1. goosefoot
  2. a surname: Li

Compounds

References

Japanese

Kanji

藜

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Compounds

Readings

  • On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)
  • Kun: あかざ (akaza)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
藜
あかざ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi
 藜 on Japanese Wikipedia

The first part /aka/ means 赤(あか) (aka, “red”), named for it's surface of young leaves covered with magenta coloured powdery hair. Meaning of the later part /za/ is unascertained. Compare 白藜(しろざ) (shiroza, “Chenopodium album”).

Pronunciation

Noun

藜(あかざ) or 藜(アカザ) • (akaza) 

  1. Chenopodium album var. centrorubrum; a red variety of white goosefoot

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

藜 (eumhun 명아주 려 (myeong'aju ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 명아주 여 (myeong'aju yeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

藜: Hán Nôm readings: lê

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