礌

礌 U+790C, 礌 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-790C ← 礋 [U+790B] CJK Unified Ideographs 礍 → [U+790D]

Translingual

Han character

礌 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+13, 18 strokes, cangjie input 一口一月田 (MRMBW), four-corner 1166₂, composition ⿰石雷)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 837, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24515
• Dae Jaweon: page 1254, character 22
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2459, character 2
• Unihan data for U+790C

Chinese

trad.		礌
simp. #		礌
alternative forms		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

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi, lèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ, ㄌㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁶, leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lūi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèi
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁶, leoi⁵
    • Yale: leuih, léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁶, loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁶, lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²²/, /lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lūi
    • Tâi-lô: luī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lui
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /lui²²/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl/, /*ruːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	礌	礌
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7706	7732
Phonetic component	畾	畾
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime		纇
Old Chinese	/*ruːl/	/*ruːls/
Notes	礧後起字	同礧，今通行

Definitions

礌

1. (historical) huge rock dropped onto enemies from high places
2. (historical) to push such rocks down onto enemies

Compounds

• 礌石 (léishí)

 

References

• “礌”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

礌

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai)
• Kun: おとす (otosu)

Korean

Hanja

礌 (eumhun 바위 뢰 (bawi roe), South Korea 바위 뇌 (bawi noe))

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