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See also:
U+5137, 儷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5137

[U+5136]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5138]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 9, +19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人一一心 (OMMP), four-corner 21211, composition )

References[edit]

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 121, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 238, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5137

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character



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).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *reːls): semantic (person) + phonetic (OC *reːls, *rel).

Etymology 1[edit]

trad.
simp.

Pronunciation[edit]



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (37)
Final () (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () IV
Fanqie
Baxter lejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/leiH/
Pan
Wuyun
/leiH/
Shao
Rongfen
/lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/lɛjH/
Li
Rong
/leiH/
Wang
Li
/lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren
/lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
lai6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 7915
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*reːls/

Definitions[edit]

  1. married couple
  2. (poetry) of a couplet

Compounds[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

trad.
simp.
alternative forms

Pronunciation[edit]


Definitions[edit]

  1. (Eastern Min) only
    [Eastern Min, trad.]
    [Eastern Min, simp.]
    Ĭ nâ siăh>siĕh chái, n̂g-siăh>siĕh nṳ̆k. / [i⁵⁵ nˡɑ²⁴² sieʔ⁵ t͡sʰɑi²¹³ (ŋ̍-)n̩²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ (s-)nieʔ⁵ nˡyʔ⁵] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
    He only eats vegetables, and does not eat meat.

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

  1. companion

Readings[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

(eum (ryeo))

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

: Hán Nôm readings: lệ

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References[edit]