芮

Translingual

Han character

芮 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 廿人月 (TOB), four-corner 4422₇, composition ⿱艹内)

1. tiny, small
2. edge of a body of water

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1020, character 16
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30731
• Dae Jaweon: page 1478, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3180, character 9
• Unihan data for U+82AE

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Chinese

trad.		芮
simp. #		芮

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
妠	*nuːms, *nuːb, *rnoːd
內	*nuːbs
笍	*tnobs, *njobs
芮	*njobs
枘	*njobs
汭	*njobs
鈉	*njobs
蜹	*njobs, *lobs, *njod
抐	*nuːns, *nuːd
納	*nuːb
衲	*nuːb
魶	*nuːb, *noːb
軜	*nuːb
蒳	*nuːb
豽	*rnuːd
肭	*rnuːd, *nuːd, *nuɡ
吶	*nod
焫	*njod
訥	*nuːd

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ruì (rui⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jeoi⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jōe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ruì
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ruèi
    • Wade–Giles: jui⁴
    • Yale: rwèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ruey
    • Palladius: жуй (žuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu̯eɪ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jeoi⁶
    • Yale: yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɵy̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jōe
    • Tâi-lô: juē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: joe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /d͡zue²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /d͡zue⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zue²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /d͡zue³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zue³³/

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• Middle Chinese: nywejH

Rime
Character	芮
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	祭 (36)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	而銳切
Baxter	nywejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiuᴇiH/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵʷiɛiH/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑiuæiH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵwiajH/
Li Rong	/ȵiuɛiH/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭwɛiH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯wɛiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	ruì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jeoi6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*njobs/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	芮
Reading #	1/1
No.	9383
Phonetic component	內
Rime group	蓋
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*njobs/

Definitions

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Japanese

Kanji

芮

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. tiny
2. small
3. water's edge

Readings

• On (unclassified): ぜい (zei), ねい (nei), ぜつ (zetsu), ねち (nechi)

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Korean

Hanja

芮 • (ye) (hangeul 예, revised ye, McCune–Reischauer ye, Yale yey)

1. waterside
2. shield string

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Vietnamese

Han character

芮 (nối, nhuế, nùi)

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