浬

浬 U+6D6C, 浬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D6C ← 浫 [U+6D6B] CJK Unified Ideographs 浭 → [U+6D6D]

See also: 里

Translingual

Han character

浬 (radical 85 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水田土 (EWG), four-corner 3611₄, composition ⿰氵里)

1. nautical mile

References

• KangXi: page 624, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17485
• Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 3, page 1623, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D6C

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		浬

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Wade-Giles: lih³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵
    • Yale: léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/

Definitions

浬

1. nautical mile

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Japanese

Kanji

浬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. nautical mile (unit of distance)
2. knot (unit of speed)

Readings

• Goon: り (ri)
• Kan’on: り (ri)
• Kun: かいり (kairi), ノット (notto)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
浬
り Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese 浬. The 浬 character does not appear in ancient texts.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
• IPA^(key): [ɾi]

Noun

浬 (hiragana り, rōmaji ri)

1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
浬
かいり Jinmeiyō
Irregular

From Middle Chinese compound 海里 (xoj^X li^X, literally “sea, ocean + unit of distance”). The single-kanji spelling 浬 is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) か​いり [káꜜìrì] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iɾi]

Noun

浬 (hiragana かいり, rōmaji kairi)

1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
浬
のっと Jinmeiyō
Irregular

From English knot (unit of speed). The kanji spelling 浬 is an example of jukujikun.

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) ノ​ット [nóꜜttò] (Atamadaka - [1])
• IPA^(key): [no̞t̚to̞]

Alternative forms

• 節, ノット

Noun

浬 (katakana ノット, rōmaji notto)

1. a knot: a nautical unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour

Usage notes

The katakana spelling ノット is more common in modern Japanese than either kanji spelling of 浬 or 節.

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Korean

Hanja

浬 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune-Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

浬 (rí, lí)

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