浬

See also: 里

Translingual

Han character

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

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 624, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17485
• Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): 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, hǎilǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ, ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵ / hoi² lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
    • Wade–Giles: li³
    • Yale: lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎilǐ [Phonetic: háilǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-li³
    • Yale: hǎi-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haelii
    • Palladius: хайли (xajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁵ / hoi² lei⁵
    • Yale: léih / hói léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵ / hoi² lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵ / hoi² léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ lei̯¹³/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 浬

1. (dated) nautical mile

Synonyms

• 海里 (hǎilǐ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 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
goon

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲi]

Noun

浬(り) • (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

For pronunciation and definitions of 浬 – see the following entry.

【海里かいり】 [noun] a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters Alternative spellings 海哩, カイリ

(This term, 浬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
浬
のっと Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 浬 – see the following entry.

【ノット】 [noun] 浬, 節: a knot: a nautical unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour [noun] (programming, computing) NOT Alternative spellings 節, ㌩

(This term, 浬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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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

(deprecated template usage) 浬 (rí, lí)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.