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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic  (jade) + phonetic 

Han character [edit]

(radical 96 +7, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一土田土 (MGWG), four-corner 16114, composition)

  1. reason, logic
  2. manage
  3. (in China) a surname

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 733, character 4
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21014
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1145, character 1
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1115, character 13
  • Unihan data for U+7406

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(Yale lei5)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana , romaji ri)

  1. reason

Proper noun [edit]

(hiragana おさむ, romaji Osamu)

  1. A male given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin (li3), (ya2), Wade-Giles li3, ya2)

Compounds [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*liə̌)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(, )

Readings [edit]

  • Nôm: lẽ, lý (lí), nhẽ

References [edit]

  • Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
  • Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
  • Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville