Translingual [ edit ]
Stroke order
Han character [ edit ]
李 (Kangxi radical 75, 木 +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木弓木 (DND ), four-corner 40407 , composition ⿱木 子 )
Derived characters [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
KangXi: page 511 , character 11
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14459
Dae Jaweon: page 895, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1162, character 8
Unihan data for U+674E
Chinese [ edit ]
Glyph origin [ edit ]
Old Chinese
孜
*ʔslɯ
仔
*ʔslɯ, *ʔslɯʔ
孖
*ʔslɯ, *zlɯs
子
*ʔslɯʔ
虸
*ʔslɯʔ
耔
*ʔslɯʔ
秄
*ʔslɯʔ
杍
*ʔslɯʔ
籽
*ʔslɯʔ
字
*zlɯs
茡
*zlɯs
芓
*zlɯs
牸
*zlɯs
李
*rɯʔ
Oracle bone script : Phono-semantic compound (形聲 , OC *rɯʔ ): phonetic 來 ( OC *m·rɯːɡ , “ wheat ” ) + semantic 子 . The phonetic part 來 became gradually corrupted to yield 木 (“tree”).
Shuowen erroneously remarks that this is a phono-semantic compound (形聲 , OC *rɯʔ ): semantic 木 ( “ tree ” ) + phonetic 子 ( OC *ʔslɯʔ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Baxter –Sagart system 1.1 (2014 )
Character
李
Reading #
1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
lǐ
Middle Chinese
‹ liX ›
Old Chinese
/*C.rəʔ/
English
plum
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
李
Reading #
1/1
No.
17869
Phonetic component
子
Rime group
之
Rime subdivision
0
Corresponding MC rime
里
Old Chinese
/*rɯʔ/
Definitions [ edit ]
李
plum ( tree and fruit )
† Alternative form of 理 (lǐ , “judge ; justice ”).
A surname , listed fourth in the Baijiaxing
李 白 ― Lǐ Bái ― Li Bai (Li Bo) (Tang dynasty poet)
李 連 杰 / 李 连 杰 [Cantonese ] ― lei5 lin4 git6 [Jyutping] ― Jet Li (Li Lianjie or Li Yangzhong)
Usage notes [ edit ]
In mainland China and among its expatriates, this surname is generally romanized as "Li " in accordance with the Hanyu Pinyin system. Although an identical transliteration is used in Wade-Giles , similarity in pronunciation to the English surname makes the romanization "Lee " more common in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and elsewhere. A notable example of this is Bruce Lee .
Descendants [ edit ]
→ English: Li , Lee
→ Tagalog: Dy , Dee ( via Hokkien )
Compounds [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Japanese [ edit ]
李
(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names )
Readings [ edit ]
Compounds [ edit ]
Etymology 1 [ edit ]
Compound of 酸 ( su , “ vinegar ; sour ” ) + 桃 ( momo , “ peach ” ) .[1] [2]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
李( すもも ) • (sumomo )
plum (Prunus salicina )
Usage notes [ edit ]
As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana , especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as スモモ .
Derived terms [ edit ]
Etymology 2 [ edit ]
From Middle Chinese 李 (MC lɨX ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
李( り ) • (ri )
plum
Derived terms [ edit ]
Proper noun [ edit ]
李( リ ) • (Ri )
Japanese reading of the Chinese or Korean surname
李( リー ) • (Rī )
Japanese reading of the Chinese surname
李( イ ) • (I )
Japanese reading of the South Korean surname
Derived terms [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
Further reading [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Middle Chinese 李 (MC lɨX ).
Pronunciation [ edit ]
( initial position ) (SK Standard /Seoul ) IPA (key ) : [i(ː)] Phonetic hangul: [이 (ː) ] Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
( non-initial position )
Wikisource
李 (eumhun 오얏나무 리 ( oyannamu ri ) , South Korea 오얏나무 이 ( oyannamu i ) )
Hanja form? of 리 /이 ( “ Lee , the second most common Korean surname .” ) .
( literary ) Hanja form? of 리 /이 ( “ plum tree ” ) .
Usage notes [ edit ]
This hanja is spelled 이 (i ) in South Korea due to 두음 법칙 (頭音法則 , dueum beopchik ).
Compounds [ edit ]
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 . [2]
Vietnamese [ edit ]
Han character [ edit ]
李 : Hán Nôm readings: lí , lý
A Vietnamese family name.
An unisex given name.
References [ edit ]