麗

See also: 丽

麗 U+9E97, 麗 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9E97 ← 麖 [U+9E96] CJK Unified Ideographs 麘 → [U+9E98]

麗 U+F988, 麗 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F988 ← 驪 [U+F987] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 黎 → [U+F989]

Translingual

Han character

麗 (Kangxi radical 198, 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一一月月心 (MMBBP), four-corner 1121₁, composition ⿱丽鹿)

Derived characters

• 儷, 囇, 㿛, 孋, 矖, 䚕, 𧢮, 𦘐, 彲, 囇, 𠮔, 𣀷, 攦, 躧, 𢥬, 𫇃, 𧥖, 𣰿, 曬, 𨰣, 𤫟, 灑, 欐, 𬅛, 䕻, 穲, 籭, 纚, 𮉟, 𡔉, 𪩠, 襹, 𩎉, 釃, 酈, 𨟫, 𮠑, 廲, 𢌒, 𥜰, 邐, 𨏽, 𠠫, 𦌿, 驪, 𮪜, 𧕯, 鱺, 鸝, 𪈳

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1510, character 31
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47663
• Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 7, page 4732, character 4
• Unihan data for U+9E97

• Unihan data for U+F988

Chinese

trad.		麗
simp.		丽*
alternative forms		𠀙 𠀞 𠧥 𮭶 𮭷 𠀙 𠀞 𠧥 𮭶 𮭷 𮭹 𪋘 丽 婯 𡡜 𠪕 䴡

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 麗
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

	Old Chinese
灑	*sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭	*sreːl, *srel
躧	*sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬	*sreːls, *srels
廲	*reːl
驪	*reːl, *rel
鱺	*reːlʔ
欐	*reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽	*reːls
麗	*reːls, *rel
儷	*reːls
鸝	*rel
酈	*rel, *reːɡ
孋	*rel
矖	*rel, *srelʔ
穲	*rel
邐	*relʔ
彲	*r̥ʰel
釃	*srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹	*srel, *srels
纚	*srelʔ

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

Pictogram (象形) – a deer with antlers.

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) minimally reconstructed this word's OC pronunciation as *rêh and considered it a possible allofam of 麗 (OC *rê(k)h) "number" < "what is calculated", exopassive derivative of 歷 (OC *rêk) "to calculate".

麗 underwent this historical semantic shift: from "a pair" (Zhouli), to "mate, companion" (儷) (Zuo), to "paired", to "well-proportioned" (Liji), and finally to "elegant, beautiful" (Chuci) as well as "refinement" (Shu).

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character	麗
Reading #	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎計切
Baxter	lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiH/
Pan Wuyun	/leiH/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjH/
Li Rong	/leiH/
Wang Li	/lieiH/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai6

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	麗
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ lejH ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁe-s/
English	symmetrical
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麗
Reading #	1/2
No.	7914
Phonetic component	丽
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	麗
Old Chinese	/*reːls/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): li

  (Meixian, Guangdong): li⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): lâ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lai⁶
    • Yale: laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
    • Hakka Romanization System: li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑ²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
    • Tâi-lô: lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le³³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lejH

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤe-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːls/

Definitions

麗

1. beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant
2. to adhere; to attach to

   alt. forms: 離 / 离

3. Alternative form of 儷 / 俪 (lì, “in pair”)

Synonyms

• 美好 (měihǎo)
• 華美／华美 (huáměi)
• 漂亮 (piàoliang)

Compounds

• 丰姿冶麗
• 亮麗 / 亮丽 (liànglì)
• 佳麗 / 佳丽 (jiālì)
• 俏麗 / 俏丽 (qiàolì)
• 保麗龍 / 保丽龙 (bǎolìlóng)
• 保麗龍板 / 保丽龙板
• 偉麗 / 伟丽
• 側麗 / 侧丽
• 光麗 / 光丽
• 典麗矞皇 / 典丽矞皇
• 和風麗日 / 和风丽日
• 嘉麗妹妹 / 嘉丽妹妹
• 嚴麗 / 严丽
• 堂皇富麗 / 堂皇富丽
• 壯麗 / 壮丽 (zhuànglì)
• 大麗花 / 大丽花 (dàlìhuā)
• 天生麗質 / 天生丽质 (tiānshēnglìzhì)
• 夸麗
• 奇麗 / 奇丽 (qílì)
• 姝麗 / 姝丽
• 姣麗 / 姣丽
• 妍麗 / 妍丽
• 娟麗 / 娟丽
• 婉麗 / 婉丽
• 孟麗君 / 孟丽君
• 宏麗 / 宏丽 (hónglì)
• 富麗 / 富丽 (fùlì)
• 富麗堂皇 / 富丽堂皇 (fùlì tánghuáng)
• 寶麗來 / 宝丽来 (bǎolìlái)
• 峭麗 / 峭丽
• 明麗 / 明丽 (mínglì)
• 昳麗 / 昳丽 (yìlì)
• 曼麗 / 曼丽
• 月麗於箕 / 月丽于箕
• 梁麗
• 棽麗 / 棽丽 (shēnlì)
• 沉博絕麗 / 沉博绝丽
• 流麗 / 流丽 (liúlì)
• 清詞麗句 / 清词丽句
• 清麗 / 清丽
• 清麗俊逸 / 清丽俊逸
• 珠輝玉麗 / 珠辉玉丽
• 琱麗 / 雕丽
• 瑰麗 / 瑰丽 (guīlì)
• 秀麗 / 秀丽 (xiùlì)
• 端麗 / 端丽 (duānlì)
• 純麗 / 纯丽
• 絢麗 / 绚丽 (xuànlì)
• 絢麗多姿 / 绚丽多姿
• 綺麗 / 绮丽 (qǐlì)
• 繁麗 / 繁丽
• 纖麗 / 纤丽
• 美麗 / 美丽 (měilì)
• 美麗奴羊 / 美丽奴羊
• 茱麗葉 / 茱丽叶
• 華麗 / 华丽 (huálì)
• 蒙娜麗莎 / 蒙娜丽莎 (Méngnà Lìshā)
• 藻麗 / 藻丽
• 詭麗輻輳 / 诡丽辐辏
• 豔麗 / 艳丽 (yànlì)
• 豔麗奪目 / 艳丽夺目
• 跌宕遒麗 / 跌宕遒丽
• 附麗 / 附丽 (fùlì)
• 雄偉壯麗 / 雄伟壮丽
• 靡麗 / 靡丽 (mǐlì)
• 風和日麗 / 风和日丽 (fēnghérìlì)
• 風暖日麗 / 风暖日丽
• 鬥麗 / 斗丽
• 魚麗 / 鱼丽
• 鮮麗 / 鲜丽 (xiānlì)
• 麗人 / 丽人 (lìrén)
• 麗人行 / 丽人行
• 麗則 / 丽则
• 麗園 / 丽园 (Lìyuán)
• 麗夜蛾 / 丽夜蛾 (lìyè'é)
• 麗天 / 丽天
• 麗山 / 丽山
• 麗影 / 丽影
• 麗日 / 丽日 (lìrì)
• 麗春園 / 丽春园
• 麗春花 / 丽春花
• 麗月 / 丽月 (Lìyuè)
• 麗林 / 丽林 (Lìlín)
• 麗格海棠 / 丽格海棠
• 麗水 / 丽水
• 麗江 / 丽江 (Lìjiāng)
• 麗澤 / 丽泽 (lìzé)
• 麗矚 / 丽瞩 (lìzhǔ)
• 麗絨 / 丽绒
• 麗萍 / 丽萍
• 麗藻 / 丽藻 (lìzǎo)
• 麗質 / 丽质 (lìzhì)
• 麗質天生 / 丽质天生
• 麗辭 / 丽辞 (lìcí)
• 麗都 / 丽都 (lìdū)
• 麗靡 / 丽靡
• 麗風 / 丽风 (lìfēng)

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character	麗
Reading #	1/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂支切
Baxter	lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	麗
Reading #	2/2
No.	7917
Phonetic component	丽
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	離
Old Chinese	/*rel/

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶ / lei⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lì
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lê

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lai⁶ / lei⁴
    • Yale: laih / lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶ / lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁶ / léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/, /lei̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li²
    • Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê
    • Tâi-lô: lê
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lee
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lje

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rel/

Definitions

麗

1. Only used in 高麗／高丽 (Gāolí, “Goryeo”) and 高句麗／高句丽 (Gāogōulí, “Goguryeo”).
   1. (Korean Classical Chinese) Short for 高麗 / 高丽 (“Goryeo”).

      麗祖 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여조 Yeojo [Sino-Korean]  ―  King Taejo of Goryeo

      麗末 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여말 Yeomal [Sino-Korean]  ―  end of the Goryeo period

      麗史 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여사 Yeosa [Sino-Korean]  ―  history of the Goryeo

      麗制 [Korean Literary Sinitic]  ―  여제 Yeoje [Sino-Korean]  ―  policies of the Goryeo

2. Only used in 麗水／丽水 (Líshuǐ, “Lishui”).

Compounds

• 高句麗 / 高句丽 (Gāogōulí)
• 高麗 / 高丽
• 高麗參 / 高丽参 (gāolíshēn)
• 高麗本 / 高丽本
• 高麗紙 / 高丽纸
• 高麗菜 / 高丽菜

Japanese

Shinjitai	麗
Kyūjitai [1]	麗 麗 or 麗+︀?
	麗󠄁 麗+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	麗󠄃 麗+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

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Category:Japanese terms spelled with 麗

麗

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 麗)

1. lovely
2. beautiful
3. graceful
4. resplendent

Readings

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC lejH):

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: れい (rei, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese 麗 (MC lje):

• Go-on: り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri)

From native Japanese roots:

• Kun: うるわしい (uruwashii, 麗しい, Jōyō)、うらら (urara, 麗ら)、うららか (uraraka, 麗らか)、かかる (kakaru, 麗かる)、つく (tsuku, 麗く)、つける (tsukeru, 麗ける)、つらなる (tsuranaru, 麗なる)、ならぶ (narabu, 麗ぶ)
• Nanori: あきら (akira)、かず (kazu)、つぐ (tsugu)、つら (tsura)、よし (yoshi)、より (yori)

Compounds

• 綺(き)麗(れい) (kirei): beauty
• 口(くち)奇(ぎ)麗(れい) (kuchigirei): speaking elegantly, speaking clearly, speaking innocently

Proper noun

麗(れい) • (Rei) 

1. a female given name

References

1. Haga, Gōtarō (1914) 漢和大辞書 [The Great Kanji-Japanese Dictionary] (in Japanese), Fourth edition, Tōkyō: Kōbunsha, →DOI, page 2423 (paper), page 1263 (digital)

Korean

Hanja

麗 (eumhun 고울 려 (goul ryeo), word-initial (South Korea) 고울 여 (goul yeo))

1. hanja form^? of 려/여 (“beautiful; lovely; pretty; fair; elegant”)

Compounds

• 고려 (高麗, Goryeo, “Goryeo”)
• 고구려 (高句麗, Goguryeo, “Goguryeo”)
• 화려 (華麗, hwaryeo, “gorgeous; splendid; resplendent”)
• 여수 (麗水, Yeosu, “Yeosu”)

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• 䴡 (lệ)^[1]
• 𪋘 (lệ)^[2]

Han character

麗: Hán Việt readings: lệ (郎(lang)計(kế)切(thiết))^[3][4][5], li (鄰(lân)知(tri)切(thiết))^[4]
麗: Nôm readings: rạy^[6][4], li^[4]

1. chữ Hán form of Lệ (“female given name”).
2. chữ Hán form of li / ly.
3. chữ Nôm form of rạy.

Compounds

• 高句麗 (Cao Câu Li)
• 高麗 (Cao Li)

References

1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
2. Taberd & Pigneau de Béhaine (1838).
3. Trần (2004).
4. Bonet (1899).
5. Génibrel (1898).
6. Hồ (1976).