例

Translingual

Han character

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

1. precedent, example
2. regulation

References

• 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

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		例

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁶

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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/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 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/

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• Middle Chinese: /liᴇi^H/▼

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

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*reds/

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

1. example
2. precedent
3. rule
4. case
5. instance

Compounds

• 例如 meaning "for example"

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Japanese

Noun

例 ‎(hiragana れい, romaji 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

例

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: れ (re)
• Kan’on: れい (rei)
• On (unclassified): れつ (retsu)
• Kun: たとえる (例える, tatoeru), たぐい (tagui), ためし (tameshi)

Compounds

• 例会
• 例解
• 例外
• 例規
• 例月
• 例言
• 例刻
• 例祭
• 例時
• 例示
• 例式
• 例証
• 例数
• 例題
• 例日
• 例年
• 例文
• 例話

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

例 (lệ)

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