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儷

儷

儷 U+5137, 儷
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5137
← 儶
[U+5136] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 儸 →
[U+5138]
See also: 俪

Translingual

Han character

儷 (radical 9 人+19, 21 strokes, cangjie input 人一一心 (OMMP), four-corner 21211, composition ⿰亻麗)

  1. spouse, couple, pair

References

  • KangXi: page 121, character 36
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1311
  • Dae Jaweon: page 256, character 24
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 238, character 18
  • Unihan data for U+5137

Chinese

trad. 儷
simp. 俪

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 儷
Large seal script

L02321
Small seal script

s05816
References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (丽) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
灑 *sreːlʔ, *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ, *srels
籭 *sreːl, *srel
躧 *sreːlʔ, *srelʔ
曬 *sreːls, *srels
廲 *reːl
驪 *reːl, *rel
鱺 *reːlʔ
欐 *reːlʔ, *reːls, *srel
丽 *reːls
麗 *reːls, *rel
儷 *reːls
鸝 *rel
酈 *rel, *reːɡ
孋 *rel
矖 *rel, *srelʔ
穲 *rel
邐 *relʔ
彲 *r̥ʰel
釃 *srel, *srelʔ, *sra
襹 *srel, *srels
纚 *srelʔ

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 儷
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 齊 (39)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) IV
Fanqie 郎計切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /leiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /leiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /lɛiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /lɛjH/
Li
Rong		 /leiH/
Wang
Li		 /lieiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /lieiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 lì
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 儷
Reading # 1/1
No. 7915
Phonetic
component		 丽
Rime
group		 歌
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 麗
Old
Chinese		 /*reːls/

Definitions

儷

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Compounds

  • 伉儷／伉俪
  • 儔儷／俦俪
  • 儷人／俪人
  • 儷影／俪影
  • 儷影雙雙／俪影双双
  • 儷辭／俪辞
  • 儷采／俪采
  • 儷鑒／俪鉴
  • 榮諧伉儷／荣谐伉俪
  • 賢伉儷／贤伉俪
  • 駢儷／骈俪
  • 駢四儷六／骈四俪六

Japanese

Kanji

儷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

儷 • ‎(ryeo) (hangeul 려, revised ryeo, McCune-Reischauer ryŏ)

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