蠣

See also: 蛎

蠣 U+8823, 蠣 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8823 ← 蠢 [U+8822] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠤 → [U+8824]

Translingual

Han character

蠣 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 中戈一廿月 (LIMTB), four-corner 5112₇, composition ⿰虫厲)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1102, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33799
• Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2900, character 1
• Unihan data for U+8823

Chinese

trad.		蠣
simp.		蛎
alternative forms		蠇 𧋘 Eastern Min colloquial

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
糲	*m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd
犡	*m·raːds, *m·rads
噧	*hmreːds, *r̥ʰaːd
邁	*mraːds
勱	*mraːds
蠆	*m̥ʰraːds
厲	*m·rads
勵	*m·rads
礪	*m·rads
蠣	*m·rads
蠇	*m·rads
癘	*m·rads
濿	*m·rads
櫔	*m·rads
巁	*m·rads
贎	*m·rads, *mlans
萬	*mlans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·rads) : semantic 虫 (“insect; bug; creature”) + phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lai⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lai⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): li

  (Meixian, Guangdong): li⁴

• Northern Min (KCR): lī
• Eastern Min (BUC): diê / lâ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): 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/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lai⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lai³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
    • Hakka Romanization System: li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵³/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diê / lâ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiɛ²⁴²/, /l̃ɑ²⁴²/

Note:

• diê - colloquial;
• lâ̤ - literary.

• 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
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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• Middle Chinese: ljejH

Rime
Character	蠣
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	祭 (35)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力制切
Baxter	ljejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ljæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liajH/
Li Rong	/liɛiH/
Wang Li	/lĭɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯ɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-rat-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·rads/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	蠣
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lì
Middle Chinese	‹ ljejH ›
Old Chinese	/*mə-rat-s/
English	oyster
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	蠣
Reading #	1/1
No.	12624
Phonetic component	萬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	例
Old Chinese	/*m·rads/
Notes	說文蠇之後起分化字

Definitions

蠣

1. oyster

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 牡蠣 (“oyster”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蠣, 蠔, 牡蠣, 牡蛤, 蠣蛤, 古賁
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		牡蠣, 蠔, 海蠣子, 海蠣
Taxonomic name		牡蠣
Mandarin	Taiwan	牡蠣, 蚵仔, 蚵
	Yantai (Muping)	海蠣子
	Nanning (Wuming)	蠔
	Malaysia	蠔
	Singapore	蠔
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蠔
	Hong Kong	蠔, 生蠔
	Dongguan	蠔
	Yangjiang	蠔
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蠔
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蠔
Hakka	Meixian	蠔
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蚵仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蚵仔
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蚵
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蚵仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蚵
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蠣黃
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蠣
	Lianjiang	八蠣
	Fuqing	蠣
	Matsu	蠣
	Singapore (Fuqing)	蠣
Southern Min	Xiamen	蚵仔, 蚵
	Quanzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou	蚵仔, 蚵
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蚵仔
	Zhao'an	蚵仔
	Taipei	蚵仔
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蚵
	Kaohsiung	蚵仔
	Yilan	蚵仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	蚵仔
	Taichung	蚵仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蚵
	Tainan	蚵仔
	Taitung	蚵仔
	Hsinchu	蚵仔
	Kinmen	蚵
	Penghu (Magong)	蚵
	Penang (Hokkien)	蚵
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蚵
	Manila (Hokkien)	蚵仔
	Chaozhou	蠔
	Shantou	蠔, 水生
	Shantou (Chenghai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	蠔
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	蠔仔
	Jieyang	蠔, 水生, 水魚
	Haifeng	蠔
	Singapore (Teochew)	蠔
	Leizhou	蠔
	Wenchang	蠔
Puxian Min	Putian	蚮
	Putian (Donghai)	蠔
	Xianyou	蚮, 蠔
Wu	Ningbo	蠣黃
	Wenzhou	蠣膏

Compounds

• 海蠣子／海蛎子 (hǎilìzi)
• 牡蠣／牡蛎 (mǔlì)
• 玄蠣／玄蛎
• 蛤蠣／蛤蛎
• 蠔蠣／蚝蛎
• 蠣塘／蛎塘
• 蠣奴／蛎奴
• 蠣房／蛎房
• 蠣槎／蛎槎
• 蠣灰／蛎灰
• 蠣牆／蛎墙
• 蠣粉／蛎粉
• 蠣粉牆／蛎粉墙
• 蠣蛤／蛎蛤
• 蠣蠔／蛎蚝
• 蠣餅／蛎饼 (lìbǐng)
• 蠣鷸／蛎鹬 (lìyù)
• 蠣黃／蛎黄

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	蛎
Kyūjitai	蠣

Kanji

蠣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 蛎)

1. oyster

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Kun: かき (kaki, 蠣)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠣: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lị

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