勵

See also: 劢 and 励

勵 U+52F5, 勵 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-52F5 ← 勴 [U+52F4] CJK Unified Ideographs 勶 → [U+52F6]

勵 U+F97F, 勵 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F97F ← 量 [U+F97E] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 呂 → [U+F980]

Translingual

Han character

勵 (Kangxi radical 19, 力+15, 17 strokes, cangjie input 一月大尸 (MBKS), four-corner 7422₇, composition ⿰厲力)

Derived characters

• 𥗠, 䘈

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 149, character 44
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 2472
• Dae Jaweon: page 338, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 381, character 17
• Unihan data for U+52F5

• Unihan data for U+F97F

Chinese

trad.		勵
simp.		励

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) : phonetic 厲 (OC *m·rads) + semantic 力.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): li
• Eastern Min (BUC): lâ̤
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶

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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/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: li
    • Hakka Romanization System: li
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâ̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ɑ²⁴²/
• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: ljejH

Rime
Character	勵
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

  (Zhengzhang): /*m·rads/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	勵
Reading #	1/1
No.	12622
Phonetic component	萬
Rime group	祭
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	例
Old Chinese	/*m·rads/

Definitions

勵

1. to encourage
2. (literary) to strive
3. a surname

Compounds

• 勉勵／勉励 (miǎnlì)
• 勵兵秣馬／励兵秣马
• 勵志／励志 (lìzhì)
• 勵節／励节
• 勵精圖治／励精图治
• 勵精求治／励精求治
• 勵翼／励翼
• 勵行／励行
• 奮勵／奋励
• 彫勵／雕励
• 惕勵／惕励
• 愛的鼓勵／爱的鼓励
• 敦品勵學／敦品励学 (dūnpǐnlìxué)
• 激勵／激励 (jīlì)
• 獎勵／奖励 (jiǎnglì)
• 矯世勵俗／矫世励俗
• 砥名勵節／砥名励节
• 策勵／策励 (cèlì)
• 自勵／自励 (zìlì)
• 風世勵俗／风世励俗
• 鼓勵／鼓励 (gǔlì)

 

Japanese

Shinjitai	励
Kyūjitai	勵

Kanji

勵

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

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei)
• Kun: はげむ (hagemu)

Korean

Hanja

勵 (eumhun 힘쓸 려 (himsseul ryeo), South Korea 힘쓸 여 (himsseul yeo))

1. Hanja form^? of 려/여 (“strive”).
2. Hanja form^? of 려/여 (“encourage”).

Vietnamese

Han character

勵: Hán Nôm readings: lệ, lẹ

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