礧

礧 U+7927, 礧 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7927 ← 礦 [U+7926] CJK Unified Ideographs 礨 → [U+7928]

Translingual

Han character

礧 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+15, 20 strokes, cangjie input 一口田田田 (MRWWW), four-corner 1666₀, composition ⿰石畾)

1. roll

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 838, character 20
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24568
• Dae Jaweon: page 1255, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2463, character 1
• Unihan data for U+7927

Chinese

simp. and trad.		礧

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摞	*roːl, *roːls
騾	*roːl
螺	*roːl
蔂	*roːl, *rul
虆	*roːl, *rul
瘰	*roːlʔ
礌	*ruːl, *ruːls
雷	*ruːl
擂	*ruːl, *ruːls
攂	*ruːl, *ruːls
礧	*ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃	*ruːl, *rul, *ruls
櫑	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鑘	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鐳	*ruːl
畾	*ruːl
轠	*ruːl, *rulʔ
罍	*ruːl
蕾	*ruːlʔ
癗	*ruːlʔ
磥	*ruːlʔ
累	*ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
儽	*ruːls, *rul
樏	*rolʔ, *rul
鸓	*rul, *rulʔ
嫘	*rul
纍	*rul, *ruls
欙	*rul
纝	*rul
壘	*rulʔ
櫐	*rulʔ
蘽	*rulʔ
藟	*rulʔ
讄	*rulʔ

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 礧 – see 礌 (“huge rock dropped onto enemies from high places; etc.”). (This character is an ancient form of 礌).

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi (lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵, leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵, leoi⁶
    • Yale: léuih, leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵, loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵, lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/, /lɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lwojX, lwojH

Rime
Character	礧	礧
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	來 (37)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	落猥切	盧對切
Baxter	lwojX	lwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌiX/	/luʌiH/
Pan Wuyun	/luoiX/	/luoiH/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒiX/	/luɒiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəjX/	/lwəjH/
Li Rong	/luᴀiX/	/luᴀiH/
Wang Li	/luɒiX/	/luɒiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑ̆iX/	/luɑ̆iH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi	lèi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5	leoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːll/, /*ruːlʔ/, /*ruːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礧	礧	礧
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7710	7722	7728
Phonetic component	畾	畾	畾
Rime group	微	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2	2
Corresponding MC rime		磥	纇
Old Chinese	/*ruːll/	/*ruːlʔ/	/*ruːls/
Notes			見漢書

Definitions

礧

1. (literally, figurative) to strike; to hit; to ram

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

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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/

Definitions

礧

1. uneven; not smooth; rough
2. unfair; unjust
3. indignant; resentful
4. appearance of piles of rocks
5. ^† to pile up
6. ^† large; tall

Japanese

Kanji

礧

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. pile of stones
2. roll

Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai); るい (rui)

Korean

Hanja

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

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