蠡

蠡 U+8821, 蠡 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8821 ← 蠠 [U+8820] CJK Unified Ideographs 蠢 → [U+8822]

Translingual

Han character

蠡 (Kangxi radical 142, 虫+15, 21 strokes, cangjie input 女人中戈戈 (VOLII), four-corner 2713₆, composition ⿱彖䖵)

1. wood-boring insect
2. bore into wood
3. dipper made from the hard shell of a fruit, such as that of a calabash

Derived characters

• 㒩, 𢥾, 攭, 欚, 㼖, 𦫈, 䤙, 𩽵, 劙, 𤬤, 𧅮, 𤼠
• 𦧽 (Related)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1101, character 41
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 33796
• Dae Jaweon: page 1565, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2903, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8821

Chinese

trad.		蠡
simp. #		蠡
alternative forms		蟸

Glyph origin

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

	Old Chinese
蠡	*reːlʔ, *rel, *roːl
盠	*reːlʔ, *reːl
彖	*l̥ʰjelʔ, *hljelʔ, *l̥ʰoːns
墬	*l'els
喙	*hlods, *l̥ʰjods
餯	*hlods
剶	*ʔslon, *l̥ʰon
猭	*l̥ʰon, *l̥ʰons
鶨	*l̥ʰons, *l'uːns
椽	*l'on
篆	*l'onʔ
瑑	*l'onʔ
堟	*l'onʔ
蝝	*lon
緣	*lon, *lons
櫞	*lon
掾	*lons
褖	*l̥ʰoːns
湪	*l̥ʰoːns

Pronunciation 1

• 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/

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• Middle Chinese: lje

Rime
Character	蠡
Reading #	1/3
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lie̯/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lí
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lei4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*rel/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠡
Reading #	2/3
No.	1465
Phonetic component	彖
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	離
Old Chinese	/*rel/

Definitions

蠡

1. (literary) gourd ladle

   • 語曰『以筦闚天，以蠡測海，以莛撞鐘』，豈能通其條貫，考其文理，發其音聲哉！ [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     语曰『以筦窥天，以蠡测海，以莛撞钟』，岂能通其条贯，考其文理，发其音声哉！ [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of Han, circa 1^st century CE

     Yǔ yuē ‘yǐ guǎn kuī tiān, yǐ lǐ cè hǎi, yǐ tíng zhuàngzhōng’, qǐ néng tōng qí tiáoguàn, kǎo qí wénlǐ, fā qí yīnshēng zāi! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Compounds

• 以蠡測海 / 以蠡测海
• 持蠡測海 / 持蠡测海
• 熐蠡
• 甕天蠡海 / 瓮天蠡海
• 瘯蠡
• 管窺蠡測 / 管窥蠡测
• 蠡測 / 蠡测 (lícè)
• 蠡蠡
• 蠡酌
• 谷蠡 (lùlí)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǐ (li³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lai⁵

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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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: lai⁵
    • Yale: láih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lai⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: lei⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐi̯¹³/

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• Middle Chinese: lejX

Rime
Character	蠡
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	盧啓切
Baxter	lejX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/leiX/
Pan Wuyun	/leiX/
Shao Rongfen	/lɛiX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lɛjX/
Li Rong	/leiX/
Wang Li	/lieiX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/lieiX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	lǐ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lai5

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*reːlʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠡
Reading #	1/3
No.	1463
Phonetic component	彖
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	禮
Old Chinese	/*reːlʔ/

Definitions

蠡

1. (obsolete) to wear out

   • 以追蠡。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

     From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE

     Yǐ zhuīlǐ. [Pinyin]

     Because at the pivot the knob of Yu's bells is nearly worn through.

2. (～縣) Li County (a county of Hebei, China)

Compounds

• 彭蠡
• 彭蠡湖

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): luó (luo²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄨㄛˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: luó
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: luó
    • Wade–Giles: lo²
    • Yale: lwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: luo
    • Palladius: ло (lo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lu̯ɔ³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: lwa

Rime
Character	蠡
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	戈 (95)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	I
Fanqie	落戈切
Baxter	lwa
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/luɑ/
Pan Wuyun	/luɑ/
Shao Rongfen	/luɑ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/lwa/
Li Rong	/luɑ/
Wang Li	/luɑ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/luɑ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	luó
Expected Cantonese Reflex	lo4

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*roːl/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	蠡
Reading #	3/3
No.	12513
Phonetic component	彖
Rime group	歌
Rime subdivision	3
Corresponding MC rime	𩼊
Old Chinese	/*roːl/

Definitions

蠡

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 蠃

Japanese

Kanji

蠡

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): れい (rei)、らい (rai)、り (ri)
• Kun: ひさご (hisago)、にな (nina)

Korean

Hanja

蠡 • (ryeo>yeo) (hangeul 려>여, revised ryeo>yeo, McCune–Reischauer ryŏ>yŏ, Yale lye>ye)

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Vietnamese

Han character

蠡: Hán Nôm readings: lãi

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