率

Translingual

Han character

率 (Kangxi radical 95, 玄+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈人十 (YIOJ), four-corner 0040₃, composition ⿱⿻玄⿱丷八十 or ⿳亠⿲冫幺⿱丿丶十)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 725, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 20817
• Dae Jaweon: page 1135, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 289, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7387

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Chinese

simp. and trad.		率

Glyph origin

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

Characters in the same phonetic series (率) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
率	*sruds, *rud, *srud
繂	*rud
膟	*rud
蟀	*srud

Pictogram (象形) – a net to capture birds. 冫幺冫is the net, and the top and bottom is the stick.

Etymology

“to lead”

See 帥.

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǜ (lü⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄩˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶ / leot^6-2
• Eastern Min (BUC): lŭk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lu̍t
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵liq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lyù
    • Wade–Giles: lü⁴
    • Yale: lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: liuh
    • Palladius: люй (ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ly⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: leot⁶ / leot^6-2
    • Yale: leuht / léut
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹ / loet^9-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶ / lêd^6-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚²/, /lɵt̚²⁻³⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lŭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃uʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lu̍t
    • Tâi-lô: lu̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lut
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lut̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lut̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lut̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lut̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵liq
    • MiniDict: 'lih^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²'liq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /liɪʔ³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ut/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rud/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	率
Reading #	2/4
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lǜ
Middle Chinese	‹ lwit ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ut/
English	norm, standard
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	率
Reading #	2/3
No.	8605
Phonetic component	率
Rime group	物
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*rud/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 率

1. rate; frequency
2. ratio

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 率

1. to lead

   • 辛大怒，躍馬橫刀，只率數騎突入敵營生擒叛將。 [MSC, trad.]
     辛大怒，跃马横刀，只率数骑突入敌营生擒叛将。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2000, Liang Heng, “Slapping All Over the Banister”

     Xīn dànù, yuè mǎ héng dāo, zhǐ shuài shù qí tūrù díyíng shēngqín pàn jiāng. [Pinyin]

     Xin burst into anger, galloped ahead with sword drawn, broke into the enemy camp leading but several mounted soldiers, and captured the general who had defected alive.

2. ^† to catch (birds) with a net
3. ^† to follow (a road)
4. ^† frank, straightforward
5. ^† hasty, indiscreet

   • 子路率爾而對曰：“千乘之國……” [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子路率尔而对曰：“千乘之国……” [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐlù shuài ěr ér duì yuē: “Qiān chéng zhī guó......” [Pinyin]

     Zilu hastily and lightly replied: "Suppose the case of a State of ten thousand chariots..."

6. ^† generally

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Japanese

Kanji

率

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅち (shuchi); すい (sui); そち (sochi); りち (richi)
• Kan-on: すい (sui); そつ (sotsu, Jōyō); りつ (ritsu, Jōyō)
• Kun: ひきいる (hikiiru, 率いる, Jōyō); おおむね (ōmune, 率ね); わりあい (wariai, 率)

Etymology

Kanji in this term
率
りつ Grade: 5
on’yomi

Suffix

率(りつ) • (-ritsu) 

1. rate, ratio

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Korean

Hanja

率 • (sol, ryul>yul) (hangeul 솔, 률>율, revised sol, ryul>yul, McCune–Reischauer sol, ryul>yul, Yale sol, lyul>yul)

1. To lead

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Vietnamese

Han character

(deprecated template usage) 率 (chuốt, sót, suất, suốt, sút, thoắt)

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