籬

See also: 篱

籬 U+7C6C, 籬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C6C ← 籫 [U+7C6B] CJK Unified Ideographs 籭 → [U+7C6D]

Translingual

Han character

籬 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+19, 25 strokes, Cangjie input 竹卜月土 (HYBG), four-corner 8841₄, composition ⿱𥫗離)

1. bamboo or wooden fence
2. hedge

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 906, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26803
• Dae Jaweon: page 1330, character 34
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3034, character 3
• Unihan data for U+7C6C

Chinese

trad.		籬
simp.		篱
2nd round simp.		竻
alternative forms		筣 杝 㰚

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謧	*reːl, *rel
璃	*reːl, *rel
離	*reːls, *rel, *rels
縭	*rel
离	*rel, *r̥ʰel
醨	*rel
樆	*rel
褵	*rel
漓	*rel
黐	*rel, *r̥ʰel
籬	*rel
灕	*rel
蘺	*rel
攡	*rel
魑	*r̥ʰel
螭	*r̥ʰel
摛	*r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *rel): semantic 竹 (“bamboo”) + phonetic 離 (OC *reːls, *rel, *rels)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴ / lei^4-1
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): lì

  (Hailu, HRS): li

• Eastern Min (BUC): liè
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): le² / li²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵ / loi⁷

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶li

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴ / lei^4-1
    • Yale: lèih / lēi
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴ / lei^4-1
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴ / léi^4-1
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/, /lei̯²¹⁻⁵⁵/

Note: lei4-1 - "sieve".

• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lì
    • Hakka Romanization System: li^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: li²
    • Sinological IPA: /li¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: li
    • Sinological IPA: /li⁵⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ie⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: le²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lá̤
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /le¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: le²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /le²⁴/
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: li²
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: lí
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: li²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²⁴/

Note:

• le2 - vernacular (as in 籬笆);
• li2 - literary (as in 笊籬).

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lî
    • Tâi-lô: lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lii
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /li²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /li²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /li¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /li²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /li²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵ / loi⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî / lōi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/, /loi¹¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶li
    • MiniDict: li^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³li
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /li²³/

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• Middle Chinese: lje

Rime
Character	籬
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂支切
Baxter	lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	籬
Reading #	1/1
No.	7790
Phonetic component	离
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	離
Old Chinese	/*rel/

Definitions

籬

1. fence made of bamboo or branches
2. used in 笊籬／笊篱 (zhàoli, “strainer”)
3. (Cantonese) sieve; spider skimmer

Compounds

• 依人籬下 / 依人篱下
• 傍人籬壁 / 傍人篱壁
• 圍籬 / 围篱 (wéilí)
• 園籬 / 园篱
• 寄人籬下 / 寄人篱下 (jìrénlíxià)
• 幕籬 / 幕篱
• 搶籬 / 抢篱
• 東籬 / 东篱
• 樊籬 / 樊篱 (fánlí)
• 皮笊籬 / 皮笊篱
• 竹籬 / 竹篱
• 竹籬茅舍 / 竹篱茅舍
• 笓籬 / 笓篱
• 笆籬 / 笆篱 (bālí)
• 笊籬 / 笊篱 (zhàoli)
• 笆籬子 / 笆篱子 (bālízi)
• 籓籬 / 籓篱
• 籬垣 / 篱垣
• 籬壁間物 / 篱壁间物
• 籬笆 / 篱笆
• 籬落 / 篱落
• 籬鷃 / 篱𮭨
• 綠籬 / 绿篱
• 羊撞籬笆 / 羊撞篱笆
• 羊觸藩籬 / 羊触藩篱
• 聽籬察壁 / 听篱察壁
• 芭籬 / 芭篱
• 蕃籬之鷃 / 蕃篱之𮭨
• 藩籬 / 藩篱 (fānlí)
• 跳籬騙馬 / 跳篱骗马
• 隔籬 / 隔篱

Japanese

Kanji

籬

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

• On (unclassified): り (ri)
• Kun: まがき (magaki)、かき (kaki)
• Nanori: まがき (magaki)

Compounds

• 籬鷃(りあん) (rian)
• 籬下(りか) (rika)
• 籬落(りらく) (riraku)
• 槿籬(きんり) (kinri)
• 荒籬(こうり) (kōri)
• 牆籬(しょうり) (shōri)
• 笊籬(そうり) (sōri)
• 短籬(たんり) (tanri)
• 竹籬(ちくり) (chikuri)
• 藩籬(ばんり) (banri)
• 神籬(ひもろぎ) (himorogi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
籬
まがき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Noun

籬(まがき) • (magaki) 

1. roughly woven fence

   Synonym: 籬 (mase)

2. (architecture) the lattices in the front ground floor of a brothel

Derived terms

• 籬貝(マガキガイ) (magakigai)
• 籬節(まがきぶし) (magakibushi)
• 大籬(おおまがき) (ōmagaki)
• 総籬(そうまがき) (sōmagaki)
• 半籬(はんまがき) (hanmagaki)
• 夕籬(ゆうまがき) (yūmagaki)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
籬
ませ Hyōgai
irregular

Noun

籬(ませ) • (mase) 

1. a roughly woven fence
2. (equestrianism) a fence with horizontal bars, used to corral horses
3. (theater, architecture) the partition between boxes in a traditional kabuki theatre

Derived terms

• 籬越(ませご)し (masegoshi)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
籬
かき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【垣かき】S [noun] a fence (separating barrier) [from 712 CE] [noun] (by extension from the "fence" meaning) an impediment to an action; an obstacle; a barrier; a fence [noun] a corridor; also a sliding screen to separate such [noun] (hapax legomenon) synonym of 垣立 (kakitatsu, “a fence shaped like a railing that forms the upper part of a Japanese ship”) [1663] [noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with various fences

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

Derived terms

• 籬豆(かきまめ) (kakimame)
• 笊籬(いがき) (igaki)

References

• “^▲籬”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

籬 (eum 리 (ri), word-initial (South Korea) 이 (i))

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Vietnamese

Han character

籬: Hán Nôm readings: li