誄

See also: 诔

Translingual

Han character

誄 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口手木 (YRQD), four-corner 0569₀, composition ⿰言耒)

1. eulogize, praise the dead

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1160, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35471
• Dae Jaweon: page 1625, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3960, character 10
• Unihan data for U+8A84

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Chinese

trad.		誄
simp.		诔

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
頛	*ruːlʔ
郲	*rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
耒	*ruːls, *rulʔ
銇	*ruːls
洡	*ruːls
誄	*rulʔ

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lěi (lei³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): loi⁶ / leoi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lěi
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lěi
    • Wade–Giles: lei³
    • Yale: lěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: leei
    • Palladius: лэй (lɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /leɪ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: loi⁶ / leoi⁶
    • Yale: loih / leuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loi⁶ / loey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: loi⁶ / lêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɔːi̯²²/, /lɵy̯²²/

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• Middle Chinese: lwijX

Rime
Character	誄
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (16)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	力軌切
Baxter	lwijX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liuɪX/
Pan Wuyun	/lʷiX/
Shao Rongfen	/ljuɪX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwiX/
Li Rong	/luiX/
Wang Li	/lwiX/
Bernard Karlgren	/lwiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lěi
Expected Cantonese Reflex	leoi5

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[r]ujʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*rulʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誄
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	lěi
Middle Chinese	‹ lwijX ›
Old Chinese	/*[r]ujʔ/
English	eulogy
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	誄
Reading #	1/1
No.	7765
Phonetic component	耒
Rime group	微
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	壘
Old Chinese	/*rulʔ/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 誄

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Japanese

Kanji

誄

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. condolence message

Readings

• On (unclassified): るい (rui)
• Kun: しのびご (shinobigo)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

誄 (lụy, trối)

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