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U+674E, 李
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-674E

[U+674D]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+674F]
U+F9E1, 李
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9E1

[U+F9E0]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U+F9E2]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
7 strokes

Han character[edit]

(Kangxi radical 75, +3, 7 strokes, cangjie input 木弓木 (DND), four-corner 40407, composition )

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]

trad.
simp. #
alternative forms

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Oracle bone script: Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯʔ): phonetic (OC *m·rɯːɡ, wheat) + semantic . The phonetic part became gradually corrupted to yield (“tree”).

Shuowen erroneously remarks that this is a phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *rɯʔ): semantic (tree) + phonetic (OC *ʔslɯʔ).

Pronunciation[edit]


Note: lei5-2 - plum (fruit).
Note:
  • sā̤ - vernacular (plum);
  • lǐ - literary (surname).
  • Min Dong
  • Min Nan
  • Wu
  • Xiang

    • Dialectal data
    Variety Location
    Mandarin Beijing /li²¹⁴/
    Harbin /li²¹³/
    Tianjin /li¹³/
    Jinan /li⁵⁵/
    Qingdao /li⁵⁵/
    Zhengzhou /li⁵³/
    Xi'an /li⁵³/
    Xining /l̩⁵³/
    Yinchuan /li⁵³/
    Lanzhou /li⁴⁴²/
    Ürümqi /li⁵¹/
    Wuhan /ni⁴²/
    Chengdu /ni⁵³/
    Guiyang /ni⁴²/
    Kunming /li⁵³/
    Nanjing /li²¹²/
    Hefei /zz̩²⁴/
    Jin Taiyuan /li⁵³/
    Pingyao /li⁵³/
    Hohhot /li⁵³/
    Wu Shanghai /li²³/
    Suzhou /li³¹/
    Hangzhou /li⁵³/
    Wenzhou /lei³⁵/
    Hui Shexian /li³⁵/
    Tunxi /li²⁴/
    Xiang Changsha /li⁴¹/
    Xiangtan /ni⁴²/
    Gan Nanchang /li²¹³/
    Hakka Meixian /li³¹/
    Taoyuan /li³¹/
    Cantonese Guangzhou /lei²³/
    Nanning /li²⁴/
    Hong Kong /lei¹³/
    Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /li⁵³/
    Fuzhou (Min Dong) /li³²/
    Jian'ou (Min Bei) /li²¹/
    /sɛ⁴⁴/
    Shantou (Min Nan) /li⁵³/
    Haikou (Min Nan) /li²¹³/

    Rime
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial () (37)
    Final () (19)
    Tone (調) Rising (X)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division () III
    Fanqie
    Baxter liX
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang
    /lɨX/
    Pan
    Wuyun
    /lɨX/
    Shao
    Rongfen
    /lieX/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank
    /lɨX/
    Li
    Rong
    /liəX/
    Wang
    Li
    /lĭəX/
    Bernard
    Karlgren
    /liX/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex
    lei5
    BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)
    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
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 17869
    Phonetic
    component
    Rime
    group
    Rime
    subdivision
    0
    Corresponding
    MC rime
    Old
    Chinese
    /*rɯʔ/

    Definitions[edit]

    1. plum (tree and fruit)
    2. Alternative form of (, judge; justice)
    3. a surname, listed fourth in the Baijiaxing
        ―  Bái  ―  Li Bai (Li Bo) (Tang dynasty poet)
      [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.

    Synonyms[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • English: Li, Lee
    • German: Li
    • Tagalog: Dy, Dee (via Hokkien)

    Compounds[edit]

    References[edit]

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    (“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    Jinmeiyō
    kun’yomi
    Alternative spelling
    酸桃

    Compound of (su, vinegar; sour) +‎ (momo, peach).[1][2]

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    (すもも) (sumomo

    1. 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 (MC liX).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Affix[edit]

    () (ri

    1. plum
    Derived terms[edit]

    Proper noun[edit]

    () (Ri

    1. Japanese reading of the Chinese or Korean surname

    (リー) (

    1. Japanese reading of the Chinese surname

    () (I

    1. Japanese reading of the South Korean surname
    Derived terms[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
    2. 2.0 2.1 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

    Further reading[edit]

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    From Middle Chinese (MC liX).

    Historical readings

    Pronunciation[edit]

    • (initial position)
      • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)]
      • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
        • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    • (non-initial position)

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    (eumhun 오얏나무 (oyannamu ri), South Korea 오얏나무 (oyannamu i))

    1. Hanja form? of / (Lee, the second most common Korean surname.).
    2. (literary) Hanja form? of / (plum tree).

    Usage notes[edit]

    This hanja is spelled (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]

    : Hán Nôm readings: ,

    1. chữ Hán form of (a surname from Chinese.).
    2. a unisex given name

    References[edit]