磊

磊 U+78CA, 磊 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-78CA ← 磉 [U+78C9] CJK Unified Ideographs 磋 → [U+78CB]

磊 U+F947, 磊 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F947 ← 牢 [U+F946] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 賂 → [U+F948]

Translingual

Han character

磊 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+10, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一口一口口 (MRMRR), four-corner 1066₁, composition ⿱石砳)

Derived characters

• 𠐞, 𡂳, 𡓃, 𢤡, 㩡, 𤂬, 𤢿, 㰁, 𤑭, 𥗐, 𥫌, 𦇒, 𫴷, 𨇒, 𨊚, 𨏒(𰺢), 𠁻, 𬅓, 𩟬, 𩧍, 𩽊, 𪒽
• 㔏, 𪿸, 𫡎, 𪤬, 𰘾, 𡾏, 藞, 𡕎, 𥶲, 𡤟, 𥗧, 𥗤, 𩯹, 𧖌, 𢋧, 𤻳, 𡾷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 834, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24394
• Dae Jaweon: page 1251, character 23
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2447, character 3
• Unihan data for U+78CA
• Unihan data for U+F947

Chinese

simp. and trad.		磊
2nd round simp.		𰦫

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
藞	*raːlʔ
磊	*ruːlʔ

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

Triplication of 石 (“stone”).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	磊
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落猥切
Baxter	lwojX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌiX/
Pan Wuyun	/luoiX/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəjX/
Li Rong	/luᴀiX/
Wang Li	/luɒiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑ̆iX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	磊
Reading #	1/1
No.	7767
Phonetic component	磊
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	磥
Old Chinese	/*ruːlʔ/
Notes	同磥

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lúi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): lui²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
    • Wade–Giles: lei³
    • Yale: lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵
    • Yale: léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi
    • Tâi-lô: luí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: lui²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lúi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lui⁵²/

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• Middle Chinese: lwojX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːlʔ/

Definitions

磊

1. appearance of piles of rocks
2. ^† to pile up
3. ^† large; tall

Compounds

• 光明磊落 (guāngmínglěiluò)
• 塊磊／块磊
• 嶔崎磊落／嵚崎磊落
• 抑塞磊落
• 磊塊／磊块
• 磊砢
• 磈磊
• 磊磊 (lěilěi)
• 磊磊落落 (lěilěiluòluò)
• 磊落 (lěiluò)
• 磊落不羈／磊落不羁
• 磊落軼蕩／磊落轶荡

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): log⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
    • Wade–Giles: lei³
    • Yale: lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵
    • Yale: léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: log⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lok̚⁴/

Definitions

磊

1. Only used in 磊口.

Japanese

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 磊

磊

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. lots of stones

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: らい (rai)
• Nanori: こいし (koishi)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
磊
こいし Hyōgai
nanori

For pronunciation and definitions of 磊 – see the following entry.

【小石こいし】 [noun] pebble, stone [proper noun] a surname Alternative spelling 礫

(This term, 磊, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

磊 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

磊: Hán Nôm readings: lỗi

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