罍

罍 U+7F4D, 罍 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7F4D ← 罌 [U+7F4C] CJK Unified Ideographs 罎 → [U+7F4E]

Translingual

Han character

罍 (Kangxi radical 121, 缶+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 田田田山 (WWWU), four-corner 6077₂, composition ⿱畾缶)

1. large earthenware wine jar

Derived characters

• 𣡧, 𤫥

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 946, character 8
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28187
• Dae Jaweon: page 1387, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2939, character 17
• Unihan data for U+7F4D

Chinese

simp. and trad.		罍
alternative forms		𦉩

A léi wine jar

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
摞	*roːl, *roːls
騾	*roːl
螺	*roːl
蔂	*roːl, *rul
虆	*roːl, *rul
瘰	*roːlʔ
礌	*ruːl, *ruːls
雷	*ruːl
擂	*ruːl, *ruːls
攂	*ruːl, *ruːls
礧	*ruːll, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
儡	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ, *ruːls
瓃	*ruːl, *rul, *ruls
櫑	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鑘	*ruːl, *ruːlʔ
鐳	*ruːl
畾	*ruːl
轠	*ruːl, *rulʔ
罍	*ruːl
蕾	*ruːlʔ
癗	*ruːlʔ
磥	*ruːlʔ
累	*ruːls, *rolʔ, *rols
儽	*ruːls, *rul
樏	*rolʔ, *rul
鸓	*rul, *rulʔ
嫘	*rul
纍	*rul, *ruls
欙	*rul
纝	*rul
壘	*rulʔ
櫐	*rulʔ
蘽	*rulʔ
藟	*rulʔ
讄	*rulʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): léi (lei²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leoi⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: léi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: léi
    • Wade–Giles: lei²
    • Yale: léi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leoi⁴
    • Yale: lèuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loey⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵy̯²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lwoj

Rime
Character	罍
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	魯回切
Baxter	lwoj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/luoi/
Shao Rongfen	/luɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwəj/
Li Rong	/luᴀi/
Wang Li	/luɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/luɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	léi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ˤuj/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ruːl/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	罍
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	léi
Middle Chinese	‹ lwoj ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ˁuj/
English	vase, jar
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	罍
Reading #	1/1
No.	7718
Phonetic component	畾
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	雷
Old Chinese	/*ruːl/
Notes	說文同櫑

Definitions

罍

1. (historical) lei (a kind of large wine jar with a small mouth, two handles, and a lid)

Compounds

• 春盛食罍
• 瓶罄罍恥／瓶罄罍耻
• 白陶罍
• 缾罄罍恥／瓶罄罍耻
• 金罍
• 食罍

 

Japanese

Kanji

罍

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. liquor jar

Readings

• On (unclassified): らい (rai)
• Kun: さかだる (sakadaru)

Proper noun

罍(もたい) • (Motai) 

1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

罍 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

1. large earthenware wine jar

Vietnamese

Han character

罍: Hán Việt readings: lôi

1. chữ Hán form of lôi (“type of large earthenware wine jar”).