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例 U+4F8B, 例
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F8B
← 侊
[U+4F8A]		 CJK Unified Ideographs 侌 →
[U+4F8C]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

例 (radical 9 人+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 人一弓弓 (OMNN), four-corner 22200, composition ⿰亻列)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 101, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 587
  • Dae Jaweon: page 215, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 146, character 8
  • Unihan data for U+4F8B

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 例

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 例
Small seal script
ACC-s05879.svg

s05879
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (列) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
例 reds
鮤 reds, *red
栵 reds, *red
洌 reds, *red
銐 r'eds, *r̥ʰjeds
峛 relʔ
列 red
裂 red
烈 red
冽 red
迾 red
蛚 red
茢 red
颲 red
鴷 red
挒 red
姴 red

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 例
Mandarin Beijing /li⁵¹/
Harbin /li⁵³/
Tianjin /li⁵³/
Jinan /li²¹/
Qingdao /li⁴²/
Zhengzhou /li³¹²/
Xi'an /li⁴⁴/
Xining /l̩²¹³/
Yinchuan /li¹³/
Lanzhou /li¹³/
Ürümqi /li²¹³/
Wuhan /ni³⁵/
Chengdu /ni¹³/
Guiyang /ni²¹³/
Kunming /li²¹²/
Nanjing /li⁴⁴/
Hefei /zz̩⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /li⁴⁵/
Pingyao /li³⁵/
Hohhot /li⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /liɪʔ¹/
Suzhou /li³¹/
Hangzhou /li¹³/
Wenzhou /li²¹³/
Hui Shexian /li²²/
Tunxi /le¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /li⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ni⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /li²¹/
Hakka Meixian /li⁵³/
Taoyuan /li⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /lɐi²²/
Nanning /lɐi²²/
Hong Kong /lɐi²²/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /le²²/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /liɛ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /li⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /li³¹/
Haikou (Min Nan) /lɔi²³/
Rime
Character 例
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
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
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 例
Reading # 1/1
No. 8121
Phonetic
component		 列
Rime
group		 祭
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 例
Old
Chinese		 /*reds/

Definitions[edit]

例

  1. example
  2. precedent
  3. rule; regulation
  4. case; instance
  5. regular

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 例

Japanese[edit]

Noun[edit]

例 (hiragana れい, rōmaji rei)

例 (ためし, tameshi)
例し (ためし, tameshi)

The most common reading is れい (rei).

  1. example, instance
    • 例を引く [挙げる]
      れいをひく[あげる]
      rei o hiku [ageru]
      cite [give] an example
  2. illustration
  3. case
  4. custom, the usual
    • 例によって
      れいによって
      rei ni yotte
      as usual
    • 例に無く
      れいになく
      rei ni naku
      contrary to habit
  5. precedent
  6. that
    • 例の男
      れいのおとこ
      rei no otoko
      that man (who we were speaking about)

Kanji[edit]

例

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

例 • (rye) (hangeul 례, revised rye, McCune-Reischauer rye)

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

例 (lệ)

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