擂

Translingual

Han character

擂 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+13, 16 strokes, cangjie input 手一月田 (QMBW), four-corner 5106₃, composition ⿰扌雷)

1. rub, grind
2. grind with a mortar and pestle
3. triturate

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 457, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12783
• Dae Jaweon: page 806, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1967, character 10
• Unihan data for U+64C2

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Chinese

trad.		擂
simp. #		擂

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

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ruːl, *ruːls) : semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 雷 (OC *ruːl).

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi (lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi
    • Hakka Romanization System: luiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lui²
    • Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi
    • Tâi-lô: luî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl/, /*ruːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擂	擂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7708	7726
Phonetic component	畾	畾
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	雷	纇
Old Chinese	/*ruːl/	/*ruːls/
Notes	攂後起字：研	攂後起字擊鼓

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 擂

1. to grind

   擂茶  ―  léichá  ―  ground tea

2. to beat

   擂鼓  ―  léigǔ  ―  to beat the drums of war

3. (Hakka) to wipe hard/ roughly

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lèi, léi (lei⁴, lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˋ, ㄌㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lùi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lûi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland; variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lèi
    • Wade–Giles: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ley
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lùi
    • Hakka Romanization System: luiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lui²
    • Sinological IPA: /lu̯i¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lûi
    • Tâi-lô: luî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: luii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lui¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lui²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lui²³/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl/, /*ruːls/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	擂	擂
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7708	7726
Phonetic component	畾	畾
Rime group	微	微
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	雷	纇
Old Chinese	/*ruːl/	/*ruːls/
Notes	攂後起字：研	攂後起字擊鼓

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 擂

1. Only used in 擂臺／擂台 (lèitái).

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01684

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Japanese

Kanji

擂

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. grind
2. mash
3. grate

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: らい (rai)
• Kun: する (suru, 擂る)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 擂 (lôi, soi)

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