厲

See also: 厉

厲 U+53B2, 厲 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53B2 ← 厱 [U+53B1] CJK Unified Ideographs 厳 → [U+53B3]

Translingual

Han character

厲 (Kangxi radical 27, 厂+12, 14 strokes, cangjie input 一廿田月 (MTWB), four-corner 7122₇, composition ⿸厂萬)

Derived characters

• 𡂖, 巁, 𢤆, 濿(𪵱), 𤢵, 𬩤, 曞, 櫔, 爄(𤇃), 犡, 𤪲, 禲, 矋, 礪(砺), 𥣭, 𧞵, 糲(粝), 𦆨, 蠣(蛎), 𧭡, 𧸱, 𨇆, 𨯅, 𮩖, 𩧃, 鱱, 𪙺
• 勵(励), 𨞺, 𧢝, 𧖄

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 163, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3041
• Dae Jaweon: page 371, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 77, character 17
• Unihan data for U+53B2

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Chinese

trad.		厲
simp.		厉

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 厲
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (萬) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
糲	*m·raːds, *m·rads, *m·raːd
犡	*m·raːds, *m·rads
噧	*hmreːds, *r̥ʰaːd
邁	*mraːds
勱	*mraːds
蠆	*m̥ʰraːds
厲	*m·rads
勵	*m·rads
礪	*m·rads
蠣	*m·rads
蠇	*m·rads
癘	*m·rads
濿	*m·rads
櫔	*m·rads
巁	*m·rads
贎	*m·rads, *mlans
萬	*mlans

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *m·rads) : semantic 厂 + abbreviated phonetic 蠆 (OC *m̥ʰraːds).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 厲

1. fierce; stern
2. severe; strict

   嚴厲／严厉  ―  yánlì  ―  strict; stern; sever

3. ferocious
4. (Classical) Same as 礪／砺 (lì, “whetstone; to sharpen”).
5. (literary) to encourage; to urge
6. (literary) to raise; to exert
7. ^† (deprecated template usage) Alternative form of 濿／𪵱 (lì, “to ford”).
8. a surname

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lài, lì (lai⁴, li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄞˋ, ㄌㄧˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lài
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄞˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lài
    • Wade–Giles: lai⁴
    • Yale: lài
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lay
    • Palladius: лай (laj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /laɪ̯⁵¹/
      
  • (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/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 厲

1. Same as 癩／癞 (lài).

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Japanese

Kanji

厲

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. whetstone
2. grind
3. sharpen

Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)、れつ (retsu)、れち (rechi)
• Kun: と (to)、とぐ (togu)、こする (kosuru)、きつい (kitsui)

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Korean

Hanja

厲 (eum 려 (ryeo))

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Vietnamese

Han character

厲: Hán Nôm readings: lẹ, lệ

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