浬

See also: 里

浬 U+6D6C, 浬 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6D6C ← 浫 [U+6D6B] CJK Unified Ideographs 浭 → [U+6D6D]

Translingual

Han character

浬 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+7, 10 strokes, cangjie input 水田土 (EWG), four-corner 3611₄, composition ⿰氵里)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 624, character 21
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17485
• Dae Jaweon: page 1022, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1623, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6D6C

Chinese

simp. and trad.		浬

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ, hǎilǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ, ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁵, hoi² lei⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǐ
    • Wade–Giles: li³
    • Yale: lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lii
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li²¹⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎilǐ [Phonetic: háilǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎilǐ
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-li³
    • Yale: hǎi-lǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haelii
    • Palladius: хайли (xajli)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lei⁵, hoi² lei⁵
    • Yale: léih, hói léih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁵, hoi² lei⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁵, hoi² léi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯¹³/, /hɔːi̯³⁵ lei̯¹³/

Definitions

浬

1. (dated) nautical mile
   • 1958, State Council of the People's Republic of China, “Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea”, in Gazette of the State Council of the People's Republic of China‎^[1], page 639:

     中華人民共和國的領海寬度為十二海里（浬）。 [MSC, trad.]
     中华人民共和国的领海宽度为十二海里（浬）。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhōnghuárénmíngònghéguó de lǐnghǎi kuāndù wèi shí'èr hǎilǐ (lǐ). [Pinyin]

     The width of the territorial sea of the People's Republic of China is twelve nautical miles.

Synonyms

• 海里 (hǎilǐ)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lí
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lí
    • Wade–Giles: li²
    • Yale: lí
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: li
    • Palladius: ли (li)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³⁵/

Definitions

浬

1. Only used in 泥浬.

Japanese

Kanji

浬

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. nautical mile (unit of distance)
2. knot (unit of speed)

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri)
• Kan-on: り (ri)
• Kun: かいり (kairi, 浬); ノット (notto, 浬)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
浬
り Jinmeiyō
goon

Probably from Middle Chinese 浬; however, the 浬 character does not appear in ancient texts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾʲi]

Noun

浬(り) • (ri) 

1. a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
浬
かいり Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 浬 – see the following entry.

【海里かいり】 [noun] a nautical mile: the length of roughly one minute of latitude, 1,852 meters Alternative spellings 海哩, カイリ

(This term, 浬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
浬
のっと Jinmeiyō
irregular

For pronunciation and definitions of 浬 – see the following entry.

【ノット】 [noun] 浬, 節: a knot: a nautical unit of speed, one nautical mile per hour [noun] (programming, computing) NOT Alternative spellings 節, ㌩

(This term, 浬, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

浬: Hán Nôm readings: rí, lí

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