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

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
8 strokes

Han character[edit]

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

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 101, character 24
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 587
  • Dae Jaweon: page 215, character 5
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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 (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu 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
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		lai6
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; instance; case; case in point
  2. precedent
  3. rule; regulation
  4. case; instance
  5. regular

Synonyms[edit]

  • (example):
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Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 例

Japanese[edit]

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Kanji[edit]

例

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Noun[edit]

例(れい) • (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)
Compounds[edit]
Derived terms

Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 例 (MC liᴇiH). Recorded as Middle Korean 례〯 (Yale: lyěy) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (initial position)
    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [je̞(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangeul: [예(ː)]
      • Long vowel distinction only applies at the initial position. Most speakers no longer distinguish vowel length at any position.
  • (non-initial position)

Hanja[edit]

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

例 (eumhun 법식(法式) 례 (beopsik rye), South Korea 법식(法式) 예 (beopsik ye))

  1. Hanja form? of 례/예 (“example”).
  2. Hanja form? of 례/예 (“rule; formalities; process”).

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

References[edit]

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

例: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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