埒

See also: 埓

Translingual

Han character

埒 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 土月木戈 (GBDI), four-corner 4214₉, composition ⿰土寽)

1. enclosure, dike, embankment

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 230, character 3
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5123
• Dae Jaweon: page 466, character 3
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 446, character 3
• Unihan data for U+57D2

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		埒
alternative forms		埓

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (寽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
酹	*roːds, *ruːls
脟	*ronʔ, *rod
捋	*roːd
蛶	*roːd, *rod
埒	*rod
鋝	*rod, *srod
浖	*rod
哷	*rod
寽	*rud

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *rod) : semantic 土 + phonetic 寽 (OC *rud).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): liè (lie⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lyut³ / lyut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: liè
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: liè
    • Wade–Giles: lieh⁴
    • Yale: lyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lieh
    • Palladius: ле (le)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lyut³ / lyut⁶
    • Yale: lyut / lyuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lyt⁸ / lyt⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lüd³ / lüd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lyːt̚³/, /lyːt̚²/

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• Middle Chinese: ljwet

Rime
Character	埒
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	薛 (82)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力輟切
Baxter	ljwet
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuᴇt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷiɛt̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuæt̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwiat̚/
Li Rong	/liuɛt̚/
Wang Li	/lĭuɛt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/li̯wɛt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lüè
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lyut6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rod/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	埒
Reading #	1/1
No.	8591
Phonetic component	寽
Rime group	月
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	劣
Old Chinese	/*rod/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

埒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: れち (rechi)
• Kan-on: れつ (retsu)
• Kan’yō-on: らち (rachi); らつ (ratsu)
• Kun: かこい (kakoi, 埒い); かき (kaki)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
埒
らち Hyōgai
kan'yōon

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Noun

埒(らち) • (rachi) 

1. a fence built around a stable
2. a fence built around something
   • 1603–1604, Nippo Jisho, page 523:

     Rachi. ラチ (埒) 柵・垣. 比喩. Rachiuo aquru. (埒を明くる) 物事をよく解明する。Rachino aita fito. (埒の明いた人)素直で、道理にはすぐに副する人. Rachiuo coyuru, l, yaburu. (埒を越ゆる、または、破る)規則や禁制条項を破る、または、道理に背く.

3. a partition or limit

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 埒(らち)が明(あ)く (rachi ga aku)
• 埒(らち)を開(あ)ける (rachi o akeru)
• 埒(らち)がない (rachi ga nai)
• 埒(らち)もない (rachi mo nai)

References

• Doi, Tadao (1603–1604) Hōyaku Nippo Jisho (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, published 1980, →ISBN.

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Korean

Hanja

埒 • (ral) (hangeul 랄, revised ral, McCune–Reischauer ral)

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