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Translingual [edit]

Han character [edit]

(radical 198 鹿+8, 19 strokes, cangjie input 一一月月心 (MMBBP), four-corner 11211, composition鹿)

  1. beautiful, lovely, pretty, fair; elegant

References [edit]

  • KangXi: page 1510, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 47663
  • Dae Jaweon: page 2039, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 7, page 4732, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+9E97

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , Yale lai6)


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings [edit]

Compounds [edit]

  • 綺麗 (きれい, kirei, beauty)
  • 口奇麗 (くちぎれい, kuchigirei, speaking elegantly, speaking clearly, speaking innocently)

Proper noun [edit]

(hiragana れい, romaji Rei)

  1. A female given name

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul 리>이, 려>여, revised ri>i, ryeo>yeo, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, ryŏ>yŏ, Yale li>i, lye>ye)


Mandarin [edit]

simpl.
trad.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: [ li˥˩ ]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , pinyin (li4), Wade-Giles li4)

Adjective [edit]

(traditional, Pinyin , simplified )

  1. (Elementary Mandarin) beautiful

Synonyms [edit]

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(lệ, rạy)