璃

See also: 琍

璃 U+7483, 璃 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7483 ← 璂 [U+7482] CJK Unified Ideographs 璄 → [U+7484]

Translingual

Han character

璃 (Kangxi radical 96, 玉+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 一土卜山月 (MGYUB), four-corner 1012₇, composition ⿰𤣩离)

Derived characters

• 𭋰

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 740, character 26
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 21196
• Dae Jaweon: page 1150, character 17
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1132, character 5
• Unihan data for U+7483

Chinese

trad.		璃
simp. #		璃
2nd round simp.		玏
alternative forms		瓈／璃 琍

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
謧	*reːl, *rel
璃	*reːl, *rel
離	*reːls, *rel, *rels
縭	*rel
离	*rel, *r̥ʰel
醨	*rel
樆	*rel
褵	*rel
漓	*rel
黐	*rel, *r̥ʰel
籬	*rel
灕	*rel
蘺	*rel
攡	*rel
魑	*r̥ʰel
螭	*r̥ʰel
摛	*r̥ʰel

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːl, *rel) : semantic 王 (“jade”) + phonetic 离 (OC *rel, *r̥ʰel).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lí (li²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lei⁴
• Northern Min (KCR): lî
• Eastern Min (BUC): liè
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): lê / lî

  (Teochew, Peng'im): li⁵

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lei⁴
    • Yale: lèih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lei⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: léi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lei̯²¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: liè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃ie⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lê / lî
    • Tâi-lô: lê / lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lee, lii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /le²⁴/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /le²⁴/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /le¹³/, /li¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /le²⁴/, /li²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /le²³/, /li²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: li⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: lî
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lje

Rime
Character	璃
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	支 (11)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	呂支切
Baxter	lje
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/liᴇ/
Pan Wuyun	/liɛ/
Shao Rongfen	/ljɛ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/liə̆/
Li Rong	/lie/
Wang Li	/lǐe/
Bernard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːl/, /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	璃	璃
Reading #	1/2	2/2
No.	7778	7781
Phonetic component	离	离
Rime group	歌	歌
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	黎	離
Old Chinese	/*reːl/	/*rel/
Notes	瓈今字	琉璃譯vaiḍūrya漢書西域傳譯作璧流離

Definitions

璃

1. Only used in 玻璃 (bōli) and 琉璃 (liúlí).

Compounds

• 光學玻璃／光学玻璃
• 吸熱玻璃／吸热玻璃
• 吹玻璃
• 塑膠玻璃／塑胶玻璃
• 安全玻璃
• 嵌玻璃
• 強化玻璃／强化玻璃
• 彩色玻璃 (cǎisè bōli)
• 擋風玻璃／挡风玻璃
• 毛玻璃 (máobōli)
• 水玻璃 (shuǐbōli)
• 泡沫玻璃
• 淨琉璃／净琉璃
• 火玻璃
• 玻璃
• 玻璃圈
• 玻璃小鞋
• 玻璃布
• 玻璃帷幕
• 玻璃心肝
• 玻璃泉
• 玻璃浮雕
• 玻璃液
• 玻璃烤
• 玻璃版 (bōlibǎn)
• 玻璃狀態／玻璃状态
• 玻璃畫／玻璃画
• 玻璃磚／玻璃砖
• 玻璃窗
• 玻璃粉
• 玻璃紙／玻璃纸
• 玻璃絲／玻璃丝
• 玻璃絲襪／玻璃丝袜 (bōli sīwà)
• 玻璃纖維／玻璃纤维
• 玻璃鋼／玻璃钢
• 玻璃體／玻璃体 (bōlitǐ)
• 琉璃 (liúlí)
• 琉璃喇叭
• 琉璃工藝／琉璃工艺
• 琉璃廠／琉璃厂
• 琉璃燈／琉璃灯
• 琉璃珠
• 琉璃球兒／琉璃球儿
• 琉璃瓦 (liúlíwǎ)
• 琉璃磚／琉璃砖
• 石英玻璃
• 硬玻璃
• 硼玻璃
• 磨砂玻璃 (móshā bōli)
• 萬頃琉璃／万顷琉璃
• 結晶玻璃／结晶玻璃
• 鈷玻璃／钴玻璃
• 鉛玻璃／铅玻璃
• 鋼化玻璃／钢化玻璃 (gānghuà bōli)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (璃):

• → Vietnamese: li (璃)

Japanese

Kanji

璃

(Jōyō kanji)

1. glassy
2. lapis lazuli

Readings

• Go-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: り (ri, Jōyō)
• Nanori: あき (aki)

Compounds

• 玻璃(はり) (hari): glass, crystal
• 瑠璃(るり) (ruri): lapis lazuli
• 琉璃(るり) (ruri): lapis lazuli

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 璃 (MC lje). Recorded as Middle Korean 리 (li) (Yale: li) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Hanja

Wikisource

璃 (eumhun 유리 리 (yuri ri), word-initial (South Korea) 유리 이 (yuri i))

1. hanja form^? of 리/이 (“glassy”)

Compounds

Compounds

• 유리 (琉璃, yuri)
• 유리 (瑠璃, yuri)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

璃: Hán Nôm readings: ly, li, lê

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References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm, NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999