莉

莉 U+8389, 莉 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8389 ← 莈 [U+8388] CJK Unified Ideographs 莊 → [U+838A]

Translingual

Han character

莉 (Kangxi radical 140, 艸+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 廿竹木弓 (THDN), four-corner 4492₀, composition ⿱艹利)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1033, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 31034
• Dae Jaweon: page 1492, character 25
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3219, character 17
• Unihan data for U+8389

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Chinese

trad.		莉
simp. #		莉

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
犁	*riːl, *ril
黎	*riːl
莉	*riːl, *r'il, *r'i
黧	*riːl
鯬	*riːl, *ril
筣	*riːl, *ri
蔾	*riːl, *ril
藜	*riːl
邌	*riːl
瓈	*riːl
鵹	*rel
棃	*ril
梨	*ril
蟍	*ril
蜊	*ril
鑗	*ril
利	*rids
痢	*rids
浰	*riːns

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *riːl, *r'il, *r'i) : semantic 艹 + phonetic 利 (OC *rids).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): lei⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lei⁵

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lē / lī / nī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lì
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lì
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴
    • Yale: lì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lih
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁶
    • Yale: leih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²²/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lē
    • Tâi-lô: lē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: le
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /le²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, variant in Taiwan, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /li³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /li²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: nī
    • Tâi-lô: nī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ni
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /nĩ³³/

Note:

• lē - literary;
• lī/nī - vernacular.

• (Teochew)
  • Peng'im: li⁶
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lĭ
  • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: drij, dri, lej

Rime
Character	莉	莉	莉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	澄 (11)	澄 (11)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	之 (19)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	IV
Fanqie	直尼切	直之切	郎奚切
Baxter	drij	dri	lej
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɖˠiɪ/	/ɖɨ/	/lei/
Pan Wuyun	/ɖᵚi/	/ɖɨ/	/lei/
Shao Rongfen	/ȡiɪ/	/ȡie/	/lɛi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɖji/	/ɖɨ/	/lɛj/
Li Rong	/ȡji/	/ȡiə/	/lei/
Wang Li	/ȡi/	/ȡĭə/	/liei/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȡʱi/	/ȡʱi/	/liei/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chí	chí	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ci4	ci4	lai4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*riːl/, /*r'il/, /*r'i/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	莉	莉	莉
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	7881	7900	7902
Phonetic component	利	利	利
Rime group	脂	脂	之
Rime subdivision	1	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	黎	墀	治
Old Chinese	/*riːl/	/*r'il/	/*r'i/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 莉

1. Used in 茉莉 (mòlì).
2. Used in personal names.

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Japanese

Kanji

莉

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. white jasmine
2. Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia)

Readings

• Go-on: らい (rai)
• Kan-on: れい (rei)
• Kan’yō-on: り (ri)

Synonyms

• (pear): 梨(り) (ri)

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Korean

Hanja

莉 • (ri>i) (hangeul 리>이, revised ri>i, McCune–Reischauer ri>i, Yale li>i)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

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Vietnamese

Han character

莉 (lị, lài, lý, lợi, nhài)