蠡

蠡 U+8821, 蠡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8821 ← 蠠 [U+8820] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠢 → [U+8822]

Translingual

Han character

蠡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女人中戈戈 (VOLII), four-corner 2713₆, composition ⿱彖䖵)

1. wood-boring insect
2. bore into wood
3. dipper made from the hard shell of a fruit, such as that of a calabash

Derived characters

• 㒩, 𢥾, 攭, 欚, 㼖, 𦫈, 䤙, 𩽵, 劙, 𤬤, 𧅮, 𤼠
• 𦧽 (Related)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2903, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8821

Chinese

trad.		蠡
simp. #		蠡

Glyph origin

	Old Chinese
蠡	*reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl
盠	*reːlʔ, *reːl
彖	*l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns
墬	*l'els
喙	*hlods, *l̥ʰjods
餯	*hlods
剶	*ʔslon, *l̥ʰon
猭	*l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons
鶨	*l̥ʰons, *l'uːns
椽	*l'on
篆	*l'onʔ
瑑	*l'onʔ
堟	*l'onʔ
蝝	*lon
緣	*lon, *lons
櫞	*lon
掾	*lons
褖	*l̥ʰoːns
湪	*l̥ʰoːns

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

Pronunciation

Rime
Character	蠡	蠡	蠡
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)	戈 (95)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	I	IV
Fanqie	呂支切	落戈切	盧啓切
Baxter	lje	lwa	lejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/	/luɑ/	/leiX/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/	/luɑ/	/leiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/	/luɑ/	/lɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/	/lwa/	/lɛjX/
Li Rong	/lie/	/luɑ/	/leiX/
Wang Li	/lǐe/	/luɑ/	/lieiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯/	/luɑ/	/lieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí	luó	lǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4	lo4	lai5

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠡	蠡	蠡
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	1463	1465	12513
Phonetic component	彖	彖	彖
Rime group	歌	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2	3
Corresponding MC rime	禮	離	𩼊
Old Chinese	/*reːlʔ/	/*rel/	/*roːl/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí, lǐ (li², li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ, ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵ / lai⁴ / lo⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lé / lê / lô

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
    • Wade–Giles: li³
    • Yale: lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lai⁵ / lai⁴ / lo⁴
    • Yale: láih / làih / lòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵ / lai⁴ / lo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵ / lei⁴ / lo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³/, /lɐi̯²¹/, /lɔː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lé / lê / lô
    • Tâi-lô: lé / lê / lô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lea, lee, looi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le⁵³/, /le²⁴/, /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁵⁵⁴/, /le²⁴/, /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le⁵³/, /le¹³/, /lo¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le⁵³/, /le²⁴/, /lo²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le⁴¹/, /le²³/, /lɤ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lje, lwa, lejX

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːlʔ/, /*rel/, /*roːl/

Definitions

蠡

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Compounds

• 以蠡測海／以蠡测海
• 彭蠡
• 彭蠡湖
• 持蠡測海／持蠡测海
• 熐蠡
• 甕天蠡海／瓮天蠡海
• 瘯蠡
• 管窺蠡測／管窥蠡测
• 蠡測／蠡测 (lícè)
• 蠡蠡
• 蠡酌
• 谷蠡 (lùlí)

 

Japanese

Kanji

蠡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)、り (ri)
• Kun: ひさご (hisago)、にな (nina)

Korean

Hanja

蠡 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠡: Hán Nôm readings: lãi

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