埒

See also: 埓

Translingual

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 土 + phonetic 寽

Han character

埒 (radical 32 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土月木戈 (GBDI), four-corner 4214₉, composition ⿰土寽)

1. enclosure, dike, embankment

References

• KangXi: page 230, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5123
• Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 446, character 3
• Unihan data for U+57D2

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Cantonese

Hanzi

埒 (Jyutping lyut3, Yale lyut3)

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Japanese

Noun

埒 (hiragana らち, romaji rachi)

1. a fence built around a stable
2. a fence built around something
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho (page 523)

     Rachi. ラチ (埒) 柵・垣. 比喩. Rachiuo aquru. (埒を明くる) 物事をよく解明する。Rachino aita fito. (埒の明いた人)素直で、道理にはすぐに副する人. Rachiuo coyuru, l, yaburu. (埒を越ゆる、または、破る)規則や禁制条項を破る、または、道理に背く.

3. a partition or limit

Derived terms

• 埒が明く (rachi ga aku)
• 埒を開ける (rachi o akeru)
• 埒がない (rachi ga nai)
• 埒もない (rachi mo nai)

Kanji

埒

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: らち (rachi), らつ (ratsu), れつ (retsu)
• Kun: かこい (kakoi), かき (kaki)

References

• 1980 [1603–1604], Tadao Doi, Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0008-0021-3:

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Korean

Hanja

埒 (ral) (hangeul 랄, revised ral, McCune-Reischauer ral)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

埒 (Pinyin lèi (lei4), Wade-Giles lei⁴)

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