蠣

See also: 蛎

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

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trad.		蠣
simp.		蛎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶
• Min Dong (BUC): diê/lâ̤
• Wu (WT Romanisation): li (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Wade-Giles: lih⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lai⁶
    • Yale: laih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁶
    • IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯²²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: diê/lâ̤
    • IPA ^(key): /tiɛ²⁴²/, /lɑ²⁴²/
  • Note: diê - colloquial; lâ̤ - literary.
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • WT Romanisation: li (T3)
    • IPA ^(key): /li²³/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (蠣, reconstructed)
Character (蠣), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 來 (37) Final: 祭 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 力制切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/liᴇiH/	/li̯ɛiH/	/liɛiH/	/liɛiH/	/liajH/	/lĭɛiH/	/ljæiH/

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

Definitions

蠣

1. oyster

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Japanese

Kanji

蠣

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: れい (rei)
• Kun: かき (kaki)

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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 (lệ, lị)

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