靂

See also: 雳

靂 U+9742, 靂 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9742 ← 靁 [U+9741] CJK Unified Ideographs 靃 → [U+9743]

Translingual

Traditional	靂
Shinjitai (extended)	𮦷
Simplified	雳

Han character

靂 (Kangxi radical 173, 雨+16, 24 strokes, cangjie input 一月一竹一 (MBMHM), four-corner 1021₁, composition ⿱⻗歷)

Derived characters

• 𫭁

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1380, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42523
• Dae Jaweon: page 1889, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4082, character 9
• Unihan data for U+9742

Chinese

trad.		靂
simp.		雳

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
秝	*reːɡ
歷	*reːɡ
曆	*reːɡ
磿	*reːɡ
靂	*reːɡ
癧	*reːɡ
櫪	*reːɡ
藶	*reːɡ
瀝	*reːɡ
攊	*reːɡ
厤	*reːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *reːɡ) : semantic 雨 + phonetic 歷 (OC *reːɡ).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lì (li⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lik⁶ / lik¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): lĭk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lia̍k / le̍k

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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: lik⁶ / lik¹
    • Yale: lihk / līk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lik⁹ / lik⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: lig⁶ / lig¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɪk̚²/, /lɪk̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃iʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liak
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: le̍k
    • Tâi-lô: li̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lek
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung, Xiamen): /liɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liɪk̚¹²¹/

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• Middle Chinese: lek

Rime
Character	靂
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	錫 (127)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	郎擊切
Baxter	lek
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/lek̚/
Pan Wuyun	/lek̚/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjk̚/
Li Rong	/lek̚/
Wang Li	/liek̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/liek̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lik6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːɡ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	靂
Reading #	1/1
No.	7983
Phonetic component	秝
Rime group	錫
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	靂
Old Chinese	/*reːɡ/
Notes	闢歴後起字

Definitions

靂

1. Only used in 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì).

Compounds

• 晴天霹靂／晴天霹雳 (qíngtiānpīlì)
• 焦霹靂／焦霹雳
• 霹靂／霹雳 (pīlì)
• 霹靂之聲／霹雳之声
• 霹靂小組／霹雳小组
• 霹靂尖／霹雳尖
• 霹靂引／霹雳引
• 霹靂弦／霹雳弦
• 霹靂戰／霹雳战
• 霹靂手／霹雳手
• 霹靂火／霹雳火
• 霹靂炮／霹雳炮
• 霹靂舞／霹雳舞 (pīlìwǔ)
• 霹靂行動／霹雳行动
• 霹靂袋／霹雳袋
• 霹靂說／霹雳说
• 霹靂車／霹雳车
• 青天霹靂／青天霹雳

 

Japanese

Shinjitai (extended)	𮦷
Kyūjitai	靂

Kanji

靂

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 𮦷)

1. thunder

Readings

• On (unclassified): れき (reki)、りゃく (ryaku)

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 靂 (MC lek). Recorded as Middle Korean 력〮 (lyék) (Yale: lyék) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɾjʌ̹k̚] ~ [jʌ̹k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [력/역]

Hanja

Wikisource

靂 (eumhun 벼락 력 (byeorak ryeok), word-initial (South Korea) 벼락 역 (byeorak yeok))

1. hanja form^? of 력/역 (“thunder”)

Compounds

• 벽력 (霹靂, byeongnyeok, “thunder; bolt”)
• 청천벽력 (靑天霹靂, cheongcheonbyeongnyeok, “bolt from the blue”)

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

靂: Hán Nôm readings: rích

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