浬

See also: 里

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

Translingual

Han character

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

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • 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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Wade–Giles: lih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

Definitions

浬

1. Only used in 泥浬.

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Japanese

Kanji

浬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri)
• Kun: かいり (kairi, 浬); ノット (notto, 浬)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
浬
り Jinmeiyō
on’yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese 浬; however, the 浬 character does not appear in ancient texts.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲi]

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 (MC hʌi^X lɨ^X, literally “sea, ocean + unit of distance”). The single-kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

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

Alternative forms

• 海里

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

Borrowed from English knot (unit of speed). The kanji spelling is an example of jukujikun (熟字訓).

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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