壘

See also: 垒 and 塁

Translingual

Traditional	壘
Shinjitai	塁
Simplified	垒

Han character

壘 (Kangxi radical 32, 土+15, 18 strokes, cangjie input 田田田土 (WWWG), four-corner 6010₄, composition ⿱畾土)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 241, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 5574
• Dae Jaweon: page 481, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 498, character 3
• Unihan data for U+58D8

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Chinese

trad.		壘
simp.		垒

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摞	*roːl, *roːls
騾	*roːl
螺	*roːl
蔂	*roːl, *rul
虆	*roːl, *rul
瘰	*roːlʔ
礌	*ruːl, *ruːls
雷	*ruːl
擂	*ruːl, *ruːls
攂	*ruːl, *ruːls
礧	*ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃	*ruːl, *rul, *ruls
櫑	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鑘	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鐳	*ruːl
畾	*ruːl
轠	*ruːl, *rulʔ
罍	*ruːl
蕾	*ruːlʔ
癗	*ruːlʔ
磥	*ruːlʔ
累	*ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
儽	*ruːls, *rul
樏	*rolʔ, *rul
鸓	*rul, *rulʔ
嫘	*rul
纍	*rul, *ruls
欙	*rul
纝	*rul
壘	*rulʔ
櫐	*rulʔ
蘽	*rulʔ
藟	*rulʔ
讄	*rulʔ

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lúi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
    • Wade–Giles: lei³
    • Yale: lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁵
    • Yale: léuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lúi
    • Tâi-lô: luí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luie
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwijX

Rime
Character	壘
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力軌切
Baxter	lwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwiX/
Li Rong	/luiX/
Wang Li	/lwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ujʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rulʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	壘
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lěi
Middle Chinese	‹ lwijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ujʔ/
English	entrenchments
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	壘
Reading #	1/1
No.	7746
Phonetic component	畾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	壘
Old Chinese	/*rulʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 壘

1. rampart, military wall

   堡壘／堡垒  ―  bǎolěi  ―  fortress

2. (baseball) base

   全壘打／全垒打  ―  quánlěidǎ  ―  home run

   盜壘／盗垒  ―  dàolěi  ―  to steal a base

3. to pile up

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜ (lü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyù
    • Wade–Giles: lü⁴
    • Yale: lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuh
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leot⁶
    • Yale: leuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚²/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 壘

1. Only used in 鬱壘／郁垒 (Yùlǜ).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi (lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 壘

1. Used in 磈壘／磈垒.
2. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 纍／累 (léi).
3. (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 蘲.

Etymology 4

For pronunciation and definitions of 壘 – see 礧 (“to strike; to hit; to ram; uneven; not smooth; rough; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 礧).

References

• “壘”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

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Japanese

Shinjitai	塁
Kyūjitai	壘

Kanji

壘

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 塁)

Readings

• On (unclassified): るい (rui)
• Kun: とりで (toride, 壘)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
壘
るい Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

See 塁.

Noun

1. Kyūjitai form of 塁

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Korean

Hanja

壘 • (ru, yu) (hangeul 루, 유, revised ru, yu, McCune–Reischauer ru, yu)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 壘 (luỹ)

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